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单词 self-devotement
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self-devotementn.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, devotement n.
Etymology: < self- prefix + devotement n. Compare earlier self-devoting n., self-devotion n.
Obsolete.
The action or fact of devoting oneself or one's life to a person or cause; self-devotion.
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society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > unselfishness > [noun] > willingness to sacrifice oneself > self-sacrifice
self-sacrifice1535
self-devotion1612
self-sacrificing1621
self-devoting1668
self-giving1668
self-devotement1780
self-devotedness1793
1780 C. Polhill Refl. Short Hist. Opposition 3 His Resolution and Self-devotement, (as it may, without great Impropriety, be stiled) is represented by this impartial writer, as an ‘absolute want of Prudence’.
1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Characters 23/1 To acquiesce cheerfully to this species of self-devotement.
1823 G. S. Faber Treat. Christian Dispensations II. ii. vi. 293 That Jehovah..through a mysterious self-devotement shadowed out by the rite of sacrifice,..would reconcile man to God.
1906 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 10 42 The love, obedience, and self-devotement of a holy personality.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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