Princeton's WordNet

1. forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice(noun)

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

2. sacrifice(noun)

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

3. sacrifice(noun)

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

   "he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice"

4. sacrifice, ritual killing(noun)

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

5. sacrifice(verb)

   (baseball) an out that advances the base runners

6. sacrifice, give(verb)

   endure the loss of

   "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war"

7. sacrifice(verb)

   kill or destroy

   "The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment"

8. sacrifice(verb)

   sell at a loss

9. sacrifice(verb)

   make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. sacrifice(noun)ˈsæk rəˌfaɪs

   sth you give up in order to achieve sth, or the act of doing this

   We make many sacrifices for our children.; sacrifice in a time of war

2. sacrificeˈsæk rəˌfaɪs

   an animal or person killed as an act of worship, or this act of worship

   ritual sacrifice; the sacrifice of sheep and deer

3. sacrifice(verb)ˈsæk rəˌfaɪs

   to give sth up in order to achieve sth

   He was willing to sacrifice his relationship to get to the top.

4. sacrificeˈsæk rəˌfaɪs

   to kill an animal or person as an act of worship

   He sacrificed a lamb to the gods.

Wiktionary

1. sacrifice(Noun)

   Something sacrificed.

2. sacrifice(Noun)

   A play in which the batter is intentionally out in order that runners can advance around the bases.

3. sacrifice(Verb)

   To offer (something) as a gift to a deity.

4. sacrifice(Verb)

   To give away (something valuable) to get at least a possibility to gain something else of value (such as self-respect, trust, love, freedom, prosperity), or to avoid an even greater loss.

5. sacrifice(Verb)

   To trade (a value of higher worth) for one of lesser worth in order to gain something else valued more such as an ally or business relationship or to avoid an even greater loss; to sell without profit to gain something other than money.

6. sacrifice(Verb)

   To intentionally give up (a piece) in order to improve oneu2019s position on the board.

7. sacrifice(Verb)

   To advance (a runner on base) by batting the ball so it can be caught or fielded, placing the batter out, but with insufficient time to put the runner out.

Origin: From sacrificium, from sacrifico, from sacer, + facio.

Webster Dictionary

1. Sacrifice(noun)

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

2. Sacrifice(noun)

   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. Sacrifice(noun)

   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

4. Sacrifice(noun)

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

5. Sacrifice(noun)

   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

6. Sacrifice(noun)

   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. Sacrifice(noun)

   to destroy; to kill

8. Sacrifice(noun)

   to sell at a price less than the cost or the actual value

9. Sacrifice(verb)

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

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. Sacrifice

   anything of value given away to secure the possession of something of still higher value, and which is the greater and more meritorious the costlier the gift.

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