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self-sacrificing

adjective as in generous

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The HPG said it "does not take actions frequently as a principle", but occasionally carried out "self-sacrificing" acts that served as "warnings and messages" to the Turkish government.

From BBC

Even cynical moviegoers hardened by the rigidity of formula in so many other animated features will be hard-pressed not to root for self-sacrificing, determined and warm-circuited Roz.

Many in town say he is just as self-sacrificing a spirit.

Dominic Cavendish also praised the rest of the cast "with fine work especially from Sharon Small, as his self-sacrificing wife Jennie Lee" who was also an MP for a number of years.

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This became our model of the perfect Indian woman: subservient, self-sacrificing, silent.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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