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sportsmanship

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sports·man·ship  (spôrtsmn-shp, sprts-)
n.
1. The fact or practice of participating in sports or a sport.
2. Conduct and attitude considered as befitting participants in sports, especially fair play, courtesy, striving spirit, and grace in losing.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sportsmanshipsportsmanship - fairness in following the rules of the game
fairness, equity - conformity with rules or standards; "the judge recognized the fairness of my claim"
Translations
sportsmanship [ˈspɔːtsmənʃɪp] n → deportividad f
sportsmanship [ˈspɔːtsmənʃɪp] n → esprit sportif, sportivité f
sportsmanship [ˈspɔːtsmənʃɪp] sport n → Sportlichkeit f
sportsmanship [ˈspɔːtsmənʃɪp] n → spirito sportivo


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He had so greatly recommended himself to that gentleman, by leaping over five-barred gates, and by other acts of sportsmanship, that the squire had declared Tom would certainly make a great man if he had but sufficient encouragement.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
Their highest instinct of sportsmanship is to catch a man with his back turned and to smite him a cunning blow with a tomahawk that severs the spinal column at the base of the brain.
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