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225 months ago

Gina W   asked this question:

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225 months ago

   wrote:

abnegation, self-sacrifice.

My comment:

Here I think it's "self sacrifice"

225 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de   wrote:

here: commitment

My comment:

or: personal/inner commitment

This is what I would use in this context.

225 months ago

Prabir Mudaliar   wrote:

dedication

My comment:

"patience and dedication" seems best suited to the context.

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225 months ago

myrthe   wrote:

Self-sacrifice

My comment:

self-sacrifice is the meaning in English of abnégation:

My references:

http://www.linternaute.com/dictionnaire/fr/definition/abnegation/

225 months ago

myrthe   wrote:

(self) abnegation

225 months ago

myrthe   wrote:

n. self-sacrifice, self denial, renunciation

My comment:

abnégation, nom féminin

Sens Sacrifice de son intérêt, renoncement. Synonyme sacrifice Anglais self-sacrifice

My references:

http://www.linternaute.com/dictionnaire/fr/definition/abnegation/

225 months ago

myrthe   wrote:

selflessness

My comment:

Definition:

Devoted to others welfare or interests (or needs, I would assume here).

My references:

Webster's New World Dictionary (American English); Collins Robert; Larousses Advanced

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

225 months ago

   wrote:

I agree

225 months ago

   wrote:

the word is a bit stronger that just not beeing selfesh, it extands to actual self-sacrifice

225 months ago

   wrote:

Merci, Claude.

225 months ago

   wrote:

I agree