The Collaborative International Dictionary
Self-devotion
Self-devotion \Self`-de*vo"tion\, n. The act of devoting one's self, or the state of being self-devoted; willingness to sacrifice one's own advantage or happiness for the sake of others; self-sacrifice.
Wiktionary
self-devotion
n. The act of devote one's self; willingness to sacrifice one's own interests or happiness for the sake of others; self-sacrifice.
Usage examples of "self-devotion".
Not so with the Pathfinder: his hardy self-devotion had brought him into a situation of unusual exposure, the hazards of which were much increased by the fact that, just as he drifted nearest to the enemy the party on the shore rushed down the bank and joined their friends who still stood in the water.