Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
the quality of not putting yourself first but being willing to give your time or money or effort etc. for others;
- Example: "rural people show more devotion and unselfishness than do their urban cousins"2.
acting generously;
[syn: generosity, unselfishness]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unselfishness
n 1: the quality of not putting yourself first but being willing
to give your time or money or effort etc. for others;
"rural people show more devotion and unselfishness than do
their urban cousins" [ant: selfishness]
2: acting generously [syn: generosity, unselfishness]