Antonyms for self-immolation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : self-im-uh-ley-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛlfˌɪm əˈleɪ ʃən

Definition of self-immolation

Origin : also self immolation, 1817, from self- + immolation.

As in martyrdom : noun suffering endured for sake of a cause
As in hara-kiri : noun ritual suicide

Example sentences :

Self-immolation were easy in comparison with the infliction of one pang on her.
Extract from : « Evenings at Donaldson Manor » by Maria J. McIntosh

Even if this reads like slavery or self-immolation, what do you care?
Extract from : « The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) » by W. Grant Hague

He could but recognize a baleful nobility in her self-immolation.
Extract from : « The Confounding of Camelia » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

The words fell chillingly on the blaze of her self-immolation.
Extract from : « Sanctuary » by Edith Wharton

These acts of self-immolation were esteemed exceedingly meritorious.
Extract from : « The Student's Mythology » by Catherine Ann White

She was in a mood in which self-immolation seemed the natural penalty of her mistakes.
Extract from : « The Wild Olive » by Basil King

This they evince by self-immolation, after the manner of eastern wives.
Extract from : « The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 351 » by Various

Put away your mania of self-immolation—or keep it exclusively for my benefit.
Extract from : « The Far Horizon » by Lucas Malet

Others take theoretically polar directions; and with them, rightness consists either in quietism, or else in self-immolation.
Extract from : « The Philosophy of Natural Theology » by William Jackson

Not only their men but their women have made themselves immortal by their bravery, chivalry, purity and self-immolation.
Extract from : « The Political Future of India » by Lajpat Rai

Synonyms for self-immolation

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