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selflessness

noun

Etymology

From selfless + -ness.

  1. inherited from *selbʰ-✻ — “one's own”
  2. inherited from *selbaz✻
  3. inherited from self
  4. inherited from salve
  5. formed as selfless — “self + -less”
  6. formed as selflessness — “selfless + -ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being selfless.

    • But the truth is that I came to cherish Japan’s civility and selflessness.

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