sacrifice
noun
[ ˈsakrɪfʌɪs ]
• an act of slaughtering an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to a deity.
• "they offer sacrifices to the spirits"
• Christ's offering of himself in the Crucifixion.
• an act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else regarded as more important or worthy.
• "we must all be prepared to make sacrifices"
Similar:
giving up,
abandonment,
surrender,
foregoing,
renouncing,
renunciation,
renouncement,
forfeiture,
loss,
relinquishment,
resignation,
abdication,
signing away,
yielding,
ceding,
waiving,
self-sacrifice,
sacrifice something,
give up things,
sacrifice
verb
• offer or kill as a religious sacrifice.
• "the goat was sacrificed at the shrine"
• give up (something valued) for the sake of other considerations.
• "working hard doesn't mean sacrificing your social life"
Similar:
give up,
abandon,
surrender,
forgo,
renounce,
forfeit,
relinquish,
resign,
abdicate,
sign away,
yield,
cede,
waive,
prostitute,
betray,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin sacrificium ; related to sacrificus ‘sacrificial’, from sacer ‘holy’.
