(a.) Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish; -- opposed to egoistic or selfish.

almsgiving beneficent benevolent bighearted bounteous bountiful charitable committed consecrated considerate dedicated devoted disinterested eleemosynary freehearted generous good greathearted humane humanitarian humble kind largehearted liberal magnanimous modest noble-minded open-handed philanthropic sacrificing self-abasing self-abnegating self-abnegatory self-denying self-devoted self-effacing self-forgetful self-immolating self-neglectful self-neglecting self-renouncing self-sacrificing self-unconscious selfless unacquisitive unpossessive unpretentious unselfish unsparing of self welfare welfare statist welfarist