Swedish Meaning of sacrifice
offer
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Definitions and Meaning of sacrifice in English
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
sacrifice (v)
endure the loss of
kill or destroy
sell at a loss
make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
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.
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
offer
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
erbjudande,offer,bidrag,donation,Uppoffring,Förintelsen,drickoffer,försoning
No antonyms found.
sacrificatory => offerbelagd, sacrificator => offerpräst, sacrificant => Den offrande, sacrifical => offer, sacrificable => Offerbar,
