"pour la beauté du geste" meaning in Français

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Noun

IPA: \puʁ la bo.te dy ʒɛst\
  1. Motivation d’une action entreprise avec grandeur et désintéressement.
    Sense id: fr-pour_la_beauté_du_geste-fr-noun-bWJc4jxj Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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    "composé de pour, la, beauté et geste."
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