Words Like SACRIFICE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to SACRIFICE.

15 Alternative Words Similar to sacrifice

1 Forfeit Noun      Synonym Words Like Forfeit
2 Act Noun      Synonym Words Like Act
3 Loss Noun      Synonym Words Like Loss
4 Give Verb      Synonym Words Like Give
5 Free Verb      Synonym Words Like Free
6 Offer Verb      Synonym Words Like Offer
7 Release Verb      Synonym Words Like Release
8 Relinquish Verb      Synonym Words Like Relinquish
9 Resign Verb      Synonym Words Like Resign
10 Sell Verb      Synonym Words Like Sell
11 Destroy Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Destroy
12 Immolate Verb      Hyponym Words Like Immolate
13 Deed Noun      Hypernym Words Like Deed
14 Immolation Noun      Hyponym
15 Hecatomb Noun      Hyponym

4 examples of sacrifice

1 the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure to interest
2 to sacrifice an ox or a sheep
3 I gave two sons to the war
4 The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment

10 definitions of sacrifice

1 The offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite.
2 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.
3 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.
4 A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
5 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.
6 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.
7 To destroy; to kill.
8 To sell at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
9 To make offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed on the altar; to offer sacrifice.
10 endure the loss of
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