laying down life
Dying for others
Laying down life means sacrificing oneself for others, typically dying so that others may live.
The phrase carries religious and military weight—Christ laying down his life for sinners, soldiers laying down their lives for their country.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
The construction emphasizes voluntary surrender rather than mere death.
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- ultimate sacrificeDying for a cause
- martyrVictim for beliefs
- heroismExceptional courage under duress
- courageFortitude facing danger
devotion · selfless · surrender · ultimate · noble · death · fallen · fallen soldier · honor · protect · serve · band of brothers · blood · battlefield · purple heart · cross · redemption · love
laying down lifeself-preservation
Instinct to survive danger
looking out for number one · every man for himself · survival instinct · self-protection · running away
laying down lifecowardice
Absence of bravery
betrayal · treachery · every man for himself · selfishness · looking the other way
laying down lifetaking a life
murder · killing · slaying · assassination · homicide
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