Dictionary definition · sacrifice
noun
- 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"he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice"
- the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
- (baseball) an out that advances the base runners
verb
- endure the loss of"He gave his life for his children"
- kill or destroy"The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"
- sell at a loss
- make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).