Australian English Meaning of sacrifice

sacrifice

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Definitions and Meaning of sacrifice in English

Wordnet

sacrifice (n)

the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.

personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)

a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value

the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity

(baseball) an out that advances the base runners

Wordnet

sacrifice (v)

endure the loss of

kill or destroy

sell at a loss

make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals

Webster

sacrifice (n.)

The offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite.

Anything consecrated and offered to God, or to a divinity; an immolated victim, or an offering of any kind, laid upon an altar, or otherwise presented in the way of religious thanksgiving, atonement, or conciliation.

Destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; devotion of some desirable object in behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more pressing; hence, also, the thing so devoted or given up; as, the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure to interest.

A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value.

To make an offering of; to consecrate or present to a divinity by way of expiation or propitiation, or as a token acknowledgment or thanksgiving; to immolate on the altar of God, in order to atone for sin, to procure favor, or to express thankfulness; as, to sacrifice an ox or a sheep.

Hence, to destroy, surrender, or suffer to be lost, for the sake of obtaining something; to give up in favor of a higher or more imperative object or duty; to devote, with loss or suffering.

To destroy; to kill.

To sell at a price less than the cost or the actual value.

Webster

sacrifice (v. i.)

To make offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed on the altar; to offer sacrifice.

FAQs About the word sacrifice

sacrifice

the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc., personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or

offering,victim,contribution,donation,Immolation,Holocaust,libation,propitiation

No antonyms found.

sacrificatory => sacrificial, sacrificator => sacrificer, sacrificant => Sacrificant, sacrifical => sacrificial, sacrificable => Sacrificeable,