sacrifice
Give up willingly
Sacrifice is giving up something valuable for a greater purpose or another's benefit.
The oldest sense is religious: an offering to a deity, often an animal killed on an altar.
The meaning extends to any significant relinquishment: She sacrificed her career for her family.
In baseball, a sacrifice is a play where a batter intentionally makes an out to advance a runner.
To sacrifice is to make such an offering or to give something up willingly: He sacrificed his weekends to finish the project.
Sacred ritual table
- offeringSomething presented or given
- immolationSacrificial killing, often burning
- libationCeremonial drink offering
- oblationReligious gift offering
victim · priest · temple · propitiation · atonement · hecatomb · incense · deity
Pass from side to side
- passionIntense emotional drive
- crucifixionExecution by cross
- resurrectionRevival from death
- CalvaryBiblical execution mount
atonement · redemption · lamb · martyrdom · salvation · Eucharist · communion · host
Prioritizing others over oneself
- generosityReadiness to give freely
- selflessConcerned with others' welfare
- givingTransferring to another
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
nobility · unselfishness · magnanimity · heroism · martyrdom · courage · bravery · valor
Wholehearted loyalty to purpose
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- steadfastnessFirm loyal dedication
endurance · resolve · tenacity · fidelity · duty · obligation · pledge · vow
Mutual giving and receiving
- gambitRisky opening for advantage
- attackAggressive act against another
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
- tempoRate of musical performance
compensation · brilliancy · combination · tactic · checkmate · speculative · unsound · material
Lose through violation
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- costRequired payment amount
- trade-offExchange requiring sacrifice
- concessionYielding a point
compromise · relinquishment · giving up · foregoing · price · toll · hardship · deprivation
Restraining one's own desires
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- forbearancePatient self-control, delayed enforcement
- restraintControl over impulses
abnegation · austerity · discipline · temperance · fasting · celibacy · simplicity · frugality
altar
Sacred ritual table
- offeringSomething presented or given
- immolationSacrificial killing, often burning
- libationCeremonial drink offering
oblation · victim · priest · temple · propitiation · atonement · hecatomb · incense · deity · votive
cross
Pass from side to side
- passionIntense emotional drive
- crucifixionExecution by cross
- resurrectionRevival from death
Calvary · atonement · redemption · lamb · martyrdom · salvation · Eucharist · communion · host · altar
selflessness
Prioritizing others over oneself
- generosityReadiness to give freely
- selflessConcerned with others' welfare
- givingTransferring to another
devotion · nobility · unselfishness · magnanimity · heroism · martyrdom · courage · bravery · valor · service
dedication
Wholehearted loyalty to purpose
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
steadfastness · endurance · resolve · tenacity · fidelity · duty · obligation · pledge · vow · promise
exchange
Mutual giving and receiving
- gambitRisky opening for advantage
- attackAggressive act against another
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
tempo · compensation · brilliancy · combination · tactic · checkmate · speculative · unsound · material
forfeit
Lose through violation
concession · compromise · relinquishment · giving up · foregoing · price · toll · hardship · deprivation · setback
self-denial
Restraining one's own desires
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- forbearancePatient self-control, delayed enforcement
restraint · abnegation · austerity · discipline · temperance · fasting · celibacy · simplicity · frugality · stoicism
- family bondslove, parent-child bond, trust, sibling bond, loyalty
- doing withoutfasting, rationing, skipping meals, going hungry, abstaining
- epicIliad, Odyssey, Beowulf, Aeneid, Gilgamesh
- heroismbravery, valor, hero, courage, heroism
- historic momentsturning points, heroic act, triumphs, victories, rescue
- Honor Valuesloyalty, courage, integrity, respect, honesty
sacrificeselfishness
Excessive concern for oneself
greed · self-interest · self-indulgence · avarice · taking
- sacrificial loveCaring through personal cost
- ultimate sacrificeDying for a cause
- sacrificial lambOne offered for others' benefit
- human sacrificeRitual offering of life
- heroic sacrificeDying to save others
- blood sacrificeRitual killing for deities
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