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Textual thesaurus for "sacrifice"

(noun) forfeit, forfeiture

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


(noun) ritual killing

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


(verb) give

endure the loss of

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