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selfless

adjective
SELF-luhs/ˈsɛlfləs/

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    adjective
    Thinking about what other people need instead of what you want for yourself.

    Like sharing your lunch with a friend who forgot theirs, even when you are hungry too.

    Her selfless help let the new students settle in quickly.

    He made a selfless choice to give up his seat for the tired old man.

    Similarunselfish, altruistic, self-sacrificing, generous

    Oppositeselfish, self-centered, self-serving, egotistical

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Origin

From the word "self" plus the ending "-less," meaning without self.