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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun selflessness has 2 senses

• selflessness(n = noun.attribute) altruism - the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others; Array
is a kind of unselfishness
Derived form adjective selfless₁

• selflessness(n = noun.act) self-sacrifice - acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity; Array
has particulars: abnegation, denial, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-renunciation
is a kind of cooperation
Derived form adjective selfless₁

CIDE DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

selflessness

Olympian detachment, altruism, commitment, consecration, dedication, detachment, devotion, disinterest, disinterestedness, dispassion, dispassionateness, humility, impartiality, loftiness, modesty, neutrality, sacrifice, self-abasement, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-devotion, self-effacement, self-forgetfulness, self-immolation, self-neglect, self-neglectfulness, self-renouncement, self-sacrifice, self-subjection, unacquisitiveness, unbias, unbiasedness, unpossessiveness, unselfishness

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