offer up
Give as tribute
To offer up is to present something, often with a sense of ceremony or sacrifice.
The phrase carries more weight than plain "offer"—you offer up a prayer, offer up an explanation, offer up yourself for a task.
There's often an element of vulnerability or submission: She offered up her resignation.
The "up" suggests elevation, as if presenting something to a higher authority or for general consideration.
Sacred ritual table
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- oblationReligious gift offering
- libationCeremonial drink offering
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
consecration · devotion · propitiation · atonement · votive · shrine · temple · ceremony
Voluntarily give up control
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- forfeitLose through violation
- cedeFormally surrender possession
concede · renounce · abdicate · submit · capitulate · resignation · let go · hand over
Voluntary charitable gift
- contributionSomething given to help
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- generosityReadiness to give freely
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
altruism · philanthropy · endowment · benefaction · bequest · grant · patronage · tithe
Idea proposed for consideration
- pitchFrequency of sound
- propositionStatement expressing a judgment
- submissionYielding to another's will
- recommendationAdvised course of action
idea · plan · initiative · concept · motion · scheme · strategy · approach
altar
Sacred ritual table
incense · consecration · devotion · propitiation · atonement · votive · shrine · temple · ceremony · priest
relinquish
Voluntarily give up control
cede · concede · renounce · abdicate · submit · capitulate · resignation · let go · hand over · give away
donation
Voluntary charitable gift
- contributionSomething given to help
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- generosityReadiness to give freely
benevolence · altruism · philanthropy · endowment · benefaction · bequest · grant · patronage · tithe · alms
suggestion
Idea proposed for consideration
- pitchFrequency of sound
- propositionStatement expressing a judgment
- submissionYielding to another's will
recommendation · idea · plan · initiative · concept · motion · scheme · strategy · approach · outline
- resting positionslie down, lie flat, recline, repose, prone
- offeringsaltar offerings, oblations, food offerings, libations, burnt offerings