the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Quality or state of being selfless.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Freedom from selfishness.
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n. the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
n. acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity
Word Usage
"The other meaning of self occurs in the term selflessness, where it refers to a falsely imagined, overconcretized status of existence called “inherent existence.”"