Selfless

Adjective

 * 1) Having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself but for others; unselfish.
 * In a selfless act of gratitude for saving his mother's life, Peter committed to giving money to his local breast cancer charity each year for the rest of his life.

Derived terms

 * selflessness

Thesaurus
Olympian, altruistic, candid, charitable, committed, consecrated, considerate, dedicated, detached, devoted, disinterested, dispassionate, elevated, generous, high-minded, humble, impartial, impersonal, lofty, magnanimous, modest, neutral, open, sacrificing, self-abasing, self-abnegating, self-abnegatory, self-denying, self-devoted, self-effacing, self-forgetful, self-immolating, self-neglectful, self-neglecting, self-renouncing, self-sacrificing, self-unconscious, thoughtful, unacquisitive, unbiased, ungrudging, uninfluenced, unpossessive, unpretentious, unselfish, unsparing of self, unswayed

Etymology
self + -less

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, uneigennützig
 * Greek: ανιδιοτελής [a.ni.ði.o̞.te̞.ˈlis], αφίλαυτος [a.ˈfi.laf.to̞s] , φιλάλληλος [fi.ˈla.li.lo̞s] , αλτρουιστής [al.tru.i.ˈstis]


 * Hungarian:
 * Spanish: