Acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity.

synonym: selflessness.

Roget 942: disinterestedness etc. adj.; generosity; liberality, liberalism; altruism; benevolence etc. 906; elevation, loftiness of purpose, exaltation, magnanimity; chivalry, chivalrous spirit; heroism, sublimity.    self-denial, self-abnegation, self-sacrifice, self-immolation, self-control etc. (resolution) 604; stoicism, devotion, martyrdom, suttee.    labor of love.    ... show more

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