sacrificed
Let go willingly
Sacrificed is the past tense of sacrifice—to give up something valuable for a purpose deemed more important.
The word carries weight: you sacrifice time, comfort, career, life.
Originally ritual—animals or humans offered to gods—the modern sense usually involves personal cost for another's benefit or a larger goal: She sacrificed her weekends to finish the project.
In chess and other games, to sacrifice a piece is to lose it deliberately for strategic advantage.
Sacred ritual table
- offeringSomething presented or given
- immolationSacrificial killing, often burning
- libationCeremonial drink offering
- oblationReligious gift offering
propitiation · priest · temple · ceremony · rite · deity · burnt offering · votive
Wholehearted loyalty to purpose
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- selflessnessPrioritizing others over oneself
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
steadfastness · allegiance · fidelity · constancy · zeal · ardor · piety · earnestness
Courage in danger
- martyrdomSuffering for conviction
- gallantryCourage, especially in combat
- braveryBoldness before danger
- courageFortitude facing danger
nobility · fallen · ultimate price · laying down · greater good · patriotism · selfless act · honor
Compensation for wrongdoing
- expiationRedress for offense
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
- salvationDeliverance from harm
reconciliation · forgiveness · cleansing · deliverance · propitiation · blood price · ransom · vicarious
Lose through violation
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- relinquishmentFormal giving up
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
- giving upChoosing to stop trying
letting go · forsaking · yielding · concession · trade-off · cost · deprivation · privation
altar
Sacred ritual table
- offeringSomething presented or given
- immolationSacrificial killing, often burning
- libationCeremonial drink offering
oblation · propitiation · priest · temple · ceremony · rite · deity · burnt offering · votive · consecration
dedication
Wholehearted loyalty to purpose
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- selflessnessPrioritizing others over oneself
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
faithfulness · steadfastness · allegiance · fidelity · constancy · zeal · ardor · piety · earnestness · sincerity
valor
Courage in danger
- martyrdomSuffering for conviction
- gallantryCourage, especially in combat
- braveryBoldness before danger
courage · nobility · fallen · ultimate price · laying down · greater good · patriotism · selfless act · honor · duty
atonement
Compensation for wrongdoing
- expiationRedress for offense
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
salvation · reconciliation · forgiveness · cleansing · deliverance · propitiation · blood price · ransom · vicarious · substitution
forfeit
Lose through violation
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- relinquishmentFormal giving up
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
giving up · letting go · forsaking · yielding · concession · trade-off · cost · deprivation · privation · abandonment
- 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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