selflessness.

Concern for others' welfare without primary attention to personal benefit.

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Words that belong together

• quiet selflessness
• act of selflessness

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Her selflessness was evident in the unclaimed hours of work.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, interpretation. Commonness: moderately common.