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Synonyms for sacrifice
ˈsæk rəˌfaɪssac·ri·fice
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Wiktionary
English Synonyms and Antonyms
sacrifice
To surrender is to give up upon compulsion, as to an enemy in war, hence to give up to any person, passion, influence, or power. To yield is to give place or give way under pressure, and hence under compulsion. Yield implies more softness or concession than surrender; the most determined men may surrender to overwhelming force; when one yields, his spirit is at least somewhat subdued. A monarch or a state cedes territory perhaps for a consideration; surrenders an army, a navy, or a fortified place to a conqueror; a military commander abandons an untenable position or unavailable stores. We sacrifice something precious through error, friendship, or duty, yield to convincing reasons, a stronger will, winsome persuasion, or superior force. Compare ABANDON.
Synonyms:
abandon, alienate, capitulate, cede, give, give oneself up, give over, give up, let go, relinquish, surrender, yield
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
sacrificeverb
Synonyms:
offer, immolate, destroy, surrender, foregoAntonyms:
reserve, retain, appropriate, withholdsacrificenoun
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offering, oblation, immolation, surrender, destruction, atonement, propitiation, appeasement, expiationAntonyms:
reservation, appropriation, retention, salvation, rescue, offence, transgression
Princeton's WordNet
forfeit, forfeiture, sacrificenoun
the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
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forfeit, forfeiture, ritual killingsacrificenoun
personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
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forfeit, forfeiture, ritual killingsacrificenoun
a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
"he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice"
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forfeit, forfeiture, ritual killingsacrifice, ritual killingnoun
the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
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forfeit, forfeiture, ritual killingsacrificeverb
(baseball) an out that advances the base runners
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forfeit, forfeiture, ritual killingsacrifice, giveverb
endure the loss of
"He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war"
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commit, chip in, dedicate, cave in, collapse, impart, pass on, move over, return, establish, reach, present, have, fall in, make, pay, throw, gift, kick in, feed, break, ease up, apply, give, grant, open, founder, devote, hold, pass, render, yield, turn over, leave, give way, consecrate, generate, contribute, afford, handsacrificeverb
kill or destroy
"The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment"
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givesacrificeverb
sell at a loss
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givesacrificeverb
make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
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give
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "sacrifice":
sacrifices, slaughter, self-sacrifice, culling, slaughtering, cull, victim
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#26 | have | |
#132 | make | |
#283 | open | |
#357 | return | |
#555 | give | |
#564 | sell | |
#591 | gift | |
#599 | pay | |
#617 | offer | |
#644 | hand | |
#805 | present | |
#1061 | apply | |
#1129 | leave | |
#1275 | hold | |
#1293 | feed | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1618 | break | |
#1732 | grant | |
#2254 | reach | |
#2312 | offering | |
#3085 | establish | |
#3410 | contribute | |
#3965 | generate | |
#4105 | commit | |
#4404 | throw | |
#4557 | yield | |
#5264 | destruction | |
#5466 | victim | |
#5672 | founder | |
#6020 | afford | |
#6266 | destroy | |
#7052 | collapse | |
#9280 | sacrifice | |
#9759 | render | |
#11564 | surrender | |
#14083 | slaughter | |
#14530 | abandon | |
#20131 | devote | |
#21083 | sacrifices | |
#22834 | forfeiture | |
#26228 | dedicate | |
#29516 | forfeit | |
#32596 | impart | |
#33606 | atonement | |
#41807 | relinquish | |
#41879 | cull | |
#48126 | alienate | |
#49768 | culling | |
#49931 | forego | |
#52101 | slaughtering | |
#62793 | appeasement | |
#66067 | cede | |
#83940 | immolation | |
#92642 | consecrate | |
#119432 | oblation | |
#128352 | expiation | |
#131463 | capitulate | |
#146155 | propitiation | |
#313624 | immolate |
How to use sacrifice in a sentence?
Veterans are truly this nation’s most valued treasure, james has earned the right to sit back and just enjoy life. Yet through Wounded Veterans of Oklahoma, he continues to sacrifice for the benefit of others who have served this country with honor and pride.
We thank this hard-working jury for their service to the public, their quest for justice, their personal sacrifice of their time and effort. We are not at all upset with them, neither should the public be upset. They did the best that they could.
Today's report continues to reflect the purposeful sacrifice being made by America's workers and their families to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
He who gives what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self sacrifice.
With Madeleine Furey-Livaudais sacrifice Madeleine Furey-Livaudais prevented him from killing anyone else, and it's clear that he wasn't going to stop on his own.
Translations for sacrifice
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- تضحية, ذَبَحَ, ضَحّى, تArabic
- ахвяраBelarusian
- жертваBulgarian
- oferir, sacrifici, sacrificar, sacrificar-seCatalan, Valencian
- oběť, obětovatCzech
- offer, ofreDanish
- opfern, OpferGerman
- θυσιάζω, θυσίαGreek
- oferoEsperanto
- sacrificar, sacrificioSpanish
- loovutama, ohverdus, ohverdamaEstonian
- قربانیPersian
- uhrautua, uhrilahja, uhrata, uhrautuminen, uhraus, uhriFinnish
- sacrifice, sacrifierFrench
- íobairtIrish
- ìobairtScottish Gaelic
- sacrificio, sacrificarGalician
- áldozat, feláldozHungarian
- զոհ, զոհաբերություն, զոհաբերելArmenian
- pengorbananIndonesian
- gefa til, fórna, fórnIcelandic
- sacrificare, sacrificioItalian
- לְהַקְרִיבHebrew
- 捧げる, 生贄, 犠牲Japanese
- ზვარაკი, შეწირვა, მსხვერპლშეწირვა, გაწირვა, მსხვერპლიGeorgian
- 하다, 희생, 犧牲Korean
- قوربان کردن, پێناوکردن, قوربانی, لهخۆبوردن, فیداکاریKurdish
- sacrificō, sacrificiumLatin
- aukotiLithuanian
- raupangaMāori
- opoffering, offeren, offerDutch
- ofre, offerNorwegian
- poświęcać, poświęcić, ofiaraPolish
- sacrifício, sacrificarPortuguese
- jertfă, sacrifica, jertfi, sacrificiuRomanian
- пожертвовать, жертвовать, жертва, принести в жертву, приносить в жертвуRussian
- žrtva, жртвовати, žrtvovati, жртваSerbo-Croatian
- obetovať, obetovať sa, obetaSlovak
- žrtvovati, žrtevSlovene
- offra, offerSwedish
- muchangaSwahili
- தியாகம்Tamil
- త్యాగంTelugu
- fjtif, kurbanTurkish
- жертва, жертвуватиUkrainian
- 犧牲, hy sinh, sự hy sinhVietnamese
- sacrifyî, ofriWalloon
- קאָרבןYiddish
- 犧牲Chinese
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