Dictionary

sacrifice en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈsæk.ɹɪˌfaɪs/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈsæk.ɹəˌfaɪs/ (Canada, General-American)
• (General-American) audio
• /ˈsæk.ɹɪ.faɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsɛk.ɹɪ.fɑe̯s/ (New-Zealand)
• /-faɪz/ (Received-Pronunciation, archaic, poetic)
• /ˈsæk.ɹɪ.fɑes/ (Australia)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *sh₂krós Proto-Italic *sakros Archaic Latin sakros Old Latin sacros Old Latin *sakr̥s Old Latin *sakerr Latin sacerder. Latin sacrum Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin sacrificiumlbor. Old French sacrifisebor. Middle English sacrifice English sacrifice From Middle English sacrifice (“act of offering a life or object to a deity; the life or object so offered”), from Anglo-Norman sacrefiz, and Old French sacrifice, sacrifise (modern French sacrifice), from Latin sacrificium (“something offered to a deity, sacrifice”), from sacrum (“sacrifice, sacrificial rite”) + faciō (“to do, to make”) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns). The noun sacrum is the nominalized neuter of the adjective sacer (“devoted to a deity for sacrifice; holy, sacred”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- (“ceremony, ritual; to make sacred”), and the verb faciō is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do; to place, put”). Related Latin formations include sacrificus (“of or pertaining to sacrifice, sacrificial”) and sacrificō (“to make a sacrifice”). Displaced native Old English blōt and hūsl. Cognates * Italian sagrifizio * Occitan sacrifici * Portuguese sacrificio * Spanish sacrificio

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.
   • This day the Philiſtines a popular Feaſt / Here celebrate in Gaza; and proclaim / Great Pomp, and Sacrifice, and Praiſes loud / To Dagon, as their God vvho hath deliver'd / Thee Samſon bound and blind into thir hands, […] 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 32, lines 435–439:
   • They firſt vvaſh the dead body, paint him, clothe him, and ſo conueigh him to his Dormitorie, vvhich is ſpacious and neat, vvherein they bury his Armolets, Bracelets, Shackles and ſuch Treaſure, concluding their Ceremonies vvith Mimmicke geſtures and eiaculations: vvhich, vvith the Sacrifice of a Goat, vpon his Graue, puts a period to their Burials. 1634, T[homas] H[erbert], “[Angola]”, in A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC, pages 9–10:
   • [T]he Beaſts they offered in ſacrifice, and the Gifts they offered, and their actions in VVorſhipping, vvere full of ſubmiſſion, and commemorative of benefits received, vvas according to reaſon, as proceeding from an intention to honour him [God]. 1651, Thomas Hobbes, “Of the Kingdome of God by Nature”, in Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill, London: […] [William Wilson] for Andrew Crooke, […], →OCLC, 2nd part (Of Common-wealth), page 192:
   • […] Moloch, horrid King beſmear'd with blood / Of human ſacrifice, and parents tears, / Though for the noyſe of Drums and Timbrels loud / Their childrens cries unheard, that paſt through fire / To his grim Idol. 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC, signature [B3], recto, lines 392–396:
2. (countable, uncountable) A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see etymology 1 sense 1.3), offered to a deity.
   • Make of your Prayers one ſvveet Sacrifice, / And lift my Soule to Heauen. 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 212, column 2:
   • O th'inchaunting vvords of that baſe ſlaue, / Made him to thinke Epeus pine-tree Horſe [i.e., the Trojan Horse] / A ſacrifize t'appeaſe Mineruas vvrath: […] 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Nash[e], The Tragedie of Dido Queene of Carthage: […], London: […] Widdowe Orwin, for Thomas Woodcocke, […], →OCLC, Act II, signature [B4], verso:
   • Does the mute Sacrifice upbraid the Prieſt? / He knovvs him not his Executioner. 1677 (first performance), John Dryden, All for Love: Or, The World Well Lost. A Tragedy, […], [London]: […] Tho[mas] Newcomb, for Henry Herringman, […], published 1678, →OCLC, Act I, page 6:
3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) The offering of devotion, penitence, prayer, thanksgiving, etc., to a deity.
   • And they ſhall come […] bringing ſacrifices of praiſe vnto the houſe of the Lord. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 17:26, column 2:
   • Let vs therfore by him [Jesus] offre allwayes vnto God the ſacrifice of prayſe: that is to ſaye, the frute of thoſe lippes which confeſſe his name. 1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Hebrues xiij:[15], folio ciiij, recto, column 2:
   • [W]e thy humble ſeruauntes […] entierely deſiryng thy fatherly goodnes, mercifully to accepte this our Sacrifice of praiſe and thankes geuing: […] 1549 March 7, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “The Supper of the Lorde, and the Holy Communion, Commonly Called the Masse”, in The Booke of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacramentes, […], London: […] Edowardi Whitchurche […], →OCLC, folio cxxviii, verso:
4. (countable, specifically, uncountable) Jesus Christ's voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind.
5. (broadly, countable, specifically, uncountable) The rite of Holy Communion or the Mass, regarded as (Protestantism) an offering of thanksgiving to God for Christ's crucifixion, or (Roman Catholicism) a perpetual re-presentation of Christ's sacrificial offering.
   • The pretensions of the holy see, the authority of tradition, purgatory, transubstantiation, the sacrifice of the mass, […] were copiously discussed. 1849, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter VI, in The History of England from the Accession of James II, volume II, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC, pages 109–110:
6. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; also, the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose.
   • [Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of] Clarendon saw that he was not likely to gain anything by the sacrifice of his principles, and determined to take them back again. 1849, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter X, in The History of England from the Accession of James II, volume II, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC, page 647:
   • Ambition this ſhall tempt to riſe, / Then vvhirl the vvretch from high, / To bitter Scorn a ſacrifice, / And grinning Infamy. 1753, T[homas] Gray, “Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College”, in Designs by Mr. R[ichard] Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], →OCLC, page 12:
   • The benefit vvhich a Soveraign beſtovveth on a Subject, […] are rather Sacrifices, vvhich the Soveraign (conſidered in his naturall perſon, and not in the perſon of the Common-vvealth) makes, for the appeaſing the diſcontent of him he thinks more potent than himſelfe; and encourage not to obedience, but on the contrary, to the continuance, and increaſing of further extortion. 1651, Thomas Hobbes, “Of Punishments, and Rewards”, in Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill, London: […] [William Wilson] for Andrew Crooke, […], →OCLC, 2nd part (Of Common-wealth), page 166:
   • the sacrifice of one’s spare time in order to volunteer
   • As rich ſhall Romeo by his Lady [Juliet] lie, / Poore Sacrifices to our Enmitie. c. 1591–1595 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] Romeo and Juliet. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Iohn Danter, published 1597, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii], signature [K4], recto:
   • And it's no sacrifice / Just a simple word / It's two hearts living / In two separate worlds / But it's no sacrifice / No sacrifice / It's no sacrifice at all 1989 August 29, Elton John, Bernie Taupin, “Sacrifice”, in Sleeping with the Past, performed by Elton John, London: The Rocket Record Company, →OCLC:
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, figuratively, uncountable) Ellipsis of sacrifice bunt or sacrifice hit (“a play in which the batter intentionally hits the ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance at the cost of an out to advance one or more runners”).
   alt of sacrifice bunt or sacrifice hit
8. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) In full sacrifice bid: a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, that a player makes in the hope that they will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
9. (countable, dated, figuratively, slang, uncountable) A monetary loss incurred by selling something at less than its value; also, the thing thus sold.
   • [H]e bought a green shawl for Mrs. Bolton, and a yellow one for Fanny: the most brilliant "sacrifices" of a Regent-street haberdasher's window. 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, “Conversations”, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume II, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 216:
   • The Old Year was already looked upon as dead; and its effects were selling cheap like some drowned mariner's aboardship. Its patterns were Last Year's and going at a sacrifice, before its breath was gone. Its treasures were mere dirt, beside the riches of its unborn successor! 1844 (date written), Charles Dickens, “The Second Quarter”, in The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year out and a New Year in, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1845, →OCLC, pages 52–53:
10. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) An act of intentionally allowing one's piece to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.

Forms

Deriveds

sacrifice hit · sacrifice area · presacrifice · pseudosacrifice · self-sacrifice · sacrifice fly · ultimate sacrifice · sacrifice bunt · human sacrifice · nonsacrifice · supreme sacrifice · sacrifice zone · sac · resacrifice · salary sacrifice · sacrificeless

Synonyms

save

Translations (159)

ug قۇربان (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · uk поже́ртвування (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · uk же́ртва (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · fr offrande (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · el θυσία (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · sw dhabihu (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · ga íobairt (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · fi uhrilahja (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · gl sacrificio (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · tt корбан (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ang lāc (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ml ബലി (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · hi बलिदान (destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose) · fi uhri (destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose) · lt auka (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ky курмандык (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · az qurban (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ang offrung (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · txb telki (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · hy զոհաբերություն (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ru жертвоприноше́ние (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · uz qurbon (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · fa-ira قُرْبانی (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · grc θυσία (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · th ยัญ (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · bn কুরবানী (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · fi uhraus ((chess) act of intentionally allowing one’s piece to be captured by the opponent) · cmn 犧牲 /牺牲 (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · fi tappio ((business) monetary loss incurred by selling something at less than its value; the thing thus sold) · eo oferaĵo (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · nb offer (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · pl ofiara (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ru же́ртва (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ml ത്യാഗം (destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose) · mt sagrifiċċju (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · zza guvur (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · et ohverdus (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · nb oppofrelse (destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose) · uz qurbonlik (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ka მსხვერპლი (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · nl opoffering (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · fi uhraus (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · sd ٻَلِ (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · nn ofring (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · fi uhraus (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ur قُرْبانی (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · cs oběť (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ro sacrificiu (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ru поже́ртвование (destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose) · tg қурбонӣ (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ms pengorbanan (destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose) · he קורבן (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · nn oppofring (destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose) · bn কুরবানী (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ar تَضْحِيَة (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · sl žrtev (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · tk gurban (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · swb sadaka (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · uga 𐎄𐎁𐎈 (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · mk жртва (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · bg же́ртване (destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose) · fi uhraus ((bridge) bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled) · bg жертвоприноше́ние (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · az qurbanlıq (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · la victima (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · hi बलि (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · he קׇרְבָּן (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · fa-ira ضَحِیِه (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · fi uhraaminen (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · ca sacrifici (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · fro sacrifise (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · it sacrificio (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · mn тахил (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · be ахвярапрынашэ́нне (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · pl ofiara (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · grc θυσία (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ja 犠牲 (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · pl poświęcenie (destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose) · pt sacrifício (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · fi uhri (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ml ബലി (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ang blōt (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · nl offer (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · pdt Opfa (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · hi त्याग (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · hu áldozat (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ug قۇربانلىق (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · cy aberth (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · tk gurbanlyk (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ja 生贄 (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · hu áldozás (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · uk жертвоприне́сення (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · mi raukakai (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · ro jertfă (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ang ġeblōt (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · be ахвярапрынашэ́ньне (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · nn offer (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ckb قوربانی (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ar قُرْبَان (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · tr kurbanlık (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · fr sacrifice (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · ar ضَحِيَّة (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ru поже́ртвование (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · sh жр̏тва (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · eo ofero (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · got 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌻 (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · pdt Opfa (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · es sacrificio (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · hi बलि (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · la hostia (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · ko 희생 (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · sk obeta (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · nb ofring (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · sq flijim (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · da offer (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · sh žȑtva (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · fr sacrifice (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ang blōt (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · cy aberth (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · gd ìobairt (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · got 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · bn বলি (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · bg же́ртва (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · lv upuris (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · ka ზვარაკი (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · kmr qurban (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · mi whakahere (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · mt sagrifiċċju (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · nb oppofring (destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose) · la sacrificium (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · km យញ្ញ (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · uk офі́ра (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · pl ofiara (destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose) · mi raupanga (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · tr kurban (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · fi uhri (Jesus Christ’s voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind) · de Opfer (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · sv offer (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · io sakrifikajo (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ps قرباني (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · fi uhri (offering of devotion, etc., to a deity) · kk құрбандық (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ms korban (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · ca sacrifici (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · ba ҡорбан (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · th เมธ (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · nl opoffering (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · hy զոհ (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ast sacrificiu (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · ca ofrena (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · av къурбан (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · is fórn (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · el θυσία (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · lv upuris (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · vi lễ vật (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · it sacrificio (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · te త్యాగం (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity) · la sacrificium (killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity) · be ахвя́ра (human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity)

sacrifice en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈsæk.ɹɪˌfaɪs/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈsæk.ɹəˌfaɪs/ (Canada, General-American)
• (General-American) audio
• /ˈsæk.ɹɪ.faɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsɛk.ɹɪ.fɑe̯s/ (New-Zealand)
• /-faɪz/ (Received-Pronunciation, archaic, poetic)
• /ˈsæk.ɹɪ.fɑes/ (Australia)

Etymology

From Middle English sacrificen (“to offer a sacrifice to a deity”), from sacrifice (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming infinitives of verbs).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity.
   • And there ſhall bee no leauened bread ſeene with thee in all thy coaſts ſeuen dayes, neither ſhall there any thing of the fleſh, which thou ſacrificedſt the firſt day at Euen, remaine all night, vntill the morning. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 16:4, column 2:
   • Their Funerals are theſe, they bring the dead corps neere to their Churches, vvhere they ſacrifice him to aſhes, in coſtly perfumes, in Aromatique Gummes and Spices. 1634, T[homas] H[erbert], “A Description of the Bannyans in India”, in A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC, page 39:
   • [T]he Scripture vvith indignation, oft times makes mention of humane ſacrifice among the Gentiles, vvhoſe oblations ſcarce made ſcruple of any Animall, ſacrificing not onely man, but Horſes, Lyons, Ægles; […] 1646, Thomas Browne, “Of the Picture of Jephtha Sacrificing His Daughter”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 5th book, page 255:
   • [B]oth the muſes and the graces are his hard Miſtriſſes, though he daily Invocate them, though he ſacrifize Hecatombs, they ſtil look a ſquint, […] a. 1632 (date written), John Donne, “[Characters.] The True Character of a Dunce.”, in Paradoxes, Problemes, Essayes, Characters, […], London: […] T. N. for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1652, →OCLC, page 68:
   • [I]f they ſacrifice their Enemies it is not neceſſary they ſhould eat them too. After all, I vvill not be peremptory in the Negative, but I ſpeak as to the compaſs of my ovvn knovvledge, and knovv ſome of theſe Cannibal ſtories to be falſe, and many of them have been diſproved ſince I firſt vvent to the VVeſt Indies. 1697, William Dampier, chapter XVII, in A New Voyage Round the World. […], London: […] James Knapton, […], →OCLC, page 485:
2. (broadly, figuratively, transitive) To destroy or kill (a human being or an animal); specifically (sciences), to kill (an animal) for a scientific experiment or test.
   • Heaven chastises thee, Baharkan! Thou wast cruel, vindictive, and inexorable. With thee humanity had no value. Thou sacrificedst thy brethren on the slightest suspicion. 1812, “The Story of Baharkan, the Intemperate”, in Tales of the East: Comprising the Most Popular Romances of Oriental Origin; […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Company] for John Ballantyne and Company, Sylvester Doig and Andrew Stirling; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, and Robert Scholey, →OCLC, page 133, column 2:
   • Condemn'd to ſacrifice his childiſh Years / To babling Ign'rance, and to empty Fears; […] 1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Solomon on the Vanity of the World. A Poem in Three Books.”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, page 476:
3. (broadly, figuratively, transitive) To destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable.
   • [W]riters ſhould ceaſe from inteſtine hoſtilities; and, inſtead of ſacrificing each other to malice and contempt, endeavour to avert perſecution from the meaneſt of their fraternity. 1751 August 16 (Gregorian calendar), Samuel Johnson, “No. 145. Monday, August 6. 1751.”, in The Rambler, volume VI, Edinburgh: […] Sands, Murray, and Cochran; sold by W. Gordon, C. Wright, J. Yair, […], published 1751, →OCLC, page 109:
   • From the pangs of grief thou shalt then be again released, / When thou sacrificest thine own affections, O my heart! 1862, Aḥmad Shāh Abdālī [i.e., Ahmad Shāh Durrānī], “[The Poems of Aḥmad Shāh, Abdālī.] [Poem] IX.”, in H[enry] G[eorge] Raverty, transl., Selections from the Poetry of the Afghāns, from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century: […], London; Edinburgh: Williams and Norgate, […], →OCLC, page 301:
   • That is why God sacrificed His only begotten Son [Jesus]: so our incalculable debt of sin could be paid in full. 2008, Steven K. Scott, “The Greatest Words Ever Spoken about God Reaching Out to Us”, in The Greatest Words Ever Spoken: Everything Jesus Said about You, Your Life, and Everything Else, Colorado Springs, Colo.: WaterBrook Press, Random House, →ISBN, page 416:
   • Deuce take lady S⁠⸺; and if I know D⁠⸺⁠y, he is a rawboned faced fellow, not handsome, nor visibly so young as you say: she sacrifices two thousand pounds a year, and keeps only six hundred. 1710 October 1 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Jonathan Swift, “[Dr. Swift’s Journal to Stella.] Letter IV.”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], new edition, volume XIV, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1801, →OCLC, page 208:
   • [H]e dresses well, but there is perfect freedom about his dress. He is too much an artist to sacrifice himself to his clothes. 1873, William Black, “Sheila's Strategem”, in A Princess of Thule. […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 287:
   • And I know by what you have just said that you're on the wrong road to success. It isn't got at by sacrificing other people,—I've had that much knocked into me; you must sacrifice yourself, and live under orders, and never think for yourself, and never have real satisfaction in your work except just at the beginning, when you're reaching out after a notion. 1891 January, Rudyard Kipling, chapter VII, in The Light that Failed, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published March 1891, →OCLC, page 126:
   • To do the job thoroughly sentiment must be ignored and it seems inevitable that the famous Great Hall and the Doric Arch will have to be sacrificed to progress. 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London–Birmingham services—Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 99:
   • Venison has many advantages over meat from factory farms, although it still requires a hunter to sacrifice the life of a deer.
   • The Baronet had sacrificed a large sum, and even straitened the resources by which he was to carry out his architectural schemes, for the sake of removing the entail from his estate, and making this boy his heir—[…] 1857, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “[Mr Gilfil’s Love-story.] Chapter IV”, in Scenes of Clerical Life […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published January 1858, →OCLC, page 243:
   • Could it then be doubted that, if the Churchmen would even now comply with his wishes, he would willingly sacrifice the Puritans? 1849, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter VII, in The History of England from the Accession of James II, volume II, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC, page 222:
   • Don't you break my heart / 'Cause I sacrifice to make you happy. 1964 September 2, Holland-Dozier-Holland [Brian Holland; Lamont Dozier; Eddie Holland], “Baby Don’t You Do It”, performed by Marvin Gaye, Detroit, Mich.: Tamla, →OCLC:
   • Tali: The Admiralty Board believed the information here was worth sacrificing all our lives for. I have to believe that they know what's best. 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2, Redwood City, Calif.: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, P.C., scene: Haestrom:
4. (broadly, figuratively, transitive) Of a batter: to advance (one or more runners on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded, placing the batter out but with insufficient time to put the runner(s) out.
5. (broadly, dated, figuratively, slang, transitive) To sell (something) at less than its value, thus incurring a monetary loss.
   • A newspaper advertisement announces that "A professional gentleman is instructed to sacrifice Three young sound Horses at half their cost." We wonder what deity horses could be sacrificed to? 1850 March 30, “Sacrifice Extraordinary”, in Punch, or The London Charivari, volume XVIII, London: […] William Bradbury, […], and Frederick Mullett Evans, […], →OCLC, page 130, column 2:
6. (broadly, figuratively, transitive) To intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
7. (intransitive) To offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity.
   • Like a coy maiden, eaſe, vvhen courted moſt, / Fartheſt retires—an idol, at vvhoſe ſhrine / VVho oft'neſt ſacrifice are favor'd leaſt. 1785, William Cowper, “Book I. The Sofa.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC, page 22:
   • All things come alike to all: there is one euent to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good and to the cleane, and to the vncleane; to him that ſacrificeth, and to him that ſacrificeth not: as is the good, ſo is the ſinner, and hee that ſweareth, as he that feareth an oath. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiastes 9:2, column 1:
   • [T]he sailors tremblingly / Call on the Twins of Jove with prayer and vow, / Gathered in fear upon the lofty prow, / And sacrifice with snow-white lambs, […] 1818 (date written), Percy Bysshe Shelley, “To Castor and Pollux”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], new edition, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1840, →OCLC, page 338, column 1:
   • If, therefore, because of money thou praisest God, not voluntarily thou sacrificest to God, but out of necessity thou sacrificest: because, beside Him, something else has thy love. 1849, S[aint] Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, “Psalm LIV”, in T. Scratton, transl., Expositions on the Book of Psalms, […] (A Library of Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church anterior to the Division of the East and West; XXX), volumes III (Psalm LIII.–LXXV.), Oxford, Oxfordshire: John Henry Parker; London: F[rancis] and J[ohn] Rivington, →OCLC, paragraph 10, page 23:
8. (broadly, figuratively, intransitive) Of a batter: to bat the ball so that it can be fielded, placing the batter out but allowing one or more runners on base to advance.
9. (broadly, figuratively, intransitive) To make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, in the hope that that the player will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
10. (broadly, figuratively, intransitive) To celebrate Holy Communion or Mass.
    • For what power but God's can make good the promise of tendering the Body and Blood of Christ, as a visible mean^([sic]) to convey His Spirit? And he that goes about to make this change by consecrating the eucharist, must needs be understood to acknowledge this power of God's; but this is not that acknowledgment, which sacrificing importeth, but that, which every act of religion implieth. He that sacrificeth, acknowledging that which he sacrificeth, with all that he hath, to [come from or belong to]^([sic]) God, to testify this acknowledgment, abandoneth that which he sacrificeth to be destroyed in testimony of it. 1659, Herbert Thorndike, “[An Epilogue to the Tragedy of the Church of England, […].] Chapter V. It Cannot be Proved by the Old Testament that the Eucharist is a Sacrifice. How by the New Testament it may be so Accounted. […].”, in The Theological Works of Herbert Thorndike, […] (Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology; 66), volume IV, Oxford, Oxfordshire: John Henry Parker, published 1852, →OCLC, book III (Of the Laws of the Church), page 113:

Forms

Deriveds

sacrificer · sacrificingly · unsacrificeable · sacrificable · sacrificed · sacrificing · resacrifice · self-sacrifice · sacrificeable · unsacrificing · self-sacrificing · unsacrificed

Relateds

nonsacrificial · sacred · sacrificial · sacrificially · sacrificialness

Synonyms

Molochize · Molochise

Translations (153)

lv ziedot ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · hy զոհել ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · ang blōtan ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · vi thí (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · ru принести́ в же́ртву ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · ru поже́ртвовать ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · ang offrian ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · et ohverdama ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · la sacrificō ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · de opfern ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · fi myydä tappiolla ((business) to sell (something) at less than its value, thus incurring a monetary loss) · no ofre (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · fi uhrata ((bridge) to make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled) · ro sacrifica (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · sw kuchinja ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · ja 捧げる (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · vi cúng tế ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · hy զոհաբերել (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · sl žrtvovati (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · mi raupanga (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · he הקריב ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · bn কুরবান করা ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · ka შეწირვა (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · sk obetovať sa (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · sk obetovať (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · pt sacrificar ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · vi tế ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · mi raupanga ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · fr sacrifier (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · ka გაწირვა (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · ckb پێناوکردن (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · pa ਵਾਰਨਾ ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · km បូជា ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · ar ضَحَّى ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · de opfern (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · fr sacrifier ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · et loovutama (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · el θυσιάζω ((business) to sell (something) at less than its value, thus incurring a monetary loss) · la condono ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · tr kurban etmek ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · fi käydä ehtoollisella ((Christianity) to celebrate Holy Communion or Mass) · sl žrtvovati ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · sh žrtvovati ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · pl poświęcić ((business) to sell (something) at less than its value, thus incurring a monetary loss) · ang āġiefan (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · pl ofiarować ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · ca sacrificar ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · mn тахил өргөх ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · sa यजति ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · pl złożyć w ofierze ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · hu feláldoz ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · ckb لەخۆبوردن (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · pl poświęcać (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · th บูชา ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · ru приноси́ть в же́ртву ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · sh žrtvovati (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · io sakrifikar ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · is fórna (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · bn বলিদান করা ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · ka მსხვერპლშეწირვა ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · tr fjtif ((chess) to intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one’s position in the game) · el θυσιάζω (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · ja 捧げる ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · bg жертвам (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · uk же́ртвувати ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · mi whakahere ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · cy aberthu ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · nl offeren (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · grc προπῑ́νω (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · sv offra ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · ckb فیداکاری (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · nl offeren ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · hi क़ुरबान करना ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · da ofre ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · hy զոհել (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · pa وارنا (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · uga 𐎄𐎁𐎈 ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · vi thí ((chess) to intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one’s position in the game) · cs obětovat (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · vi hiến tế ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · cmn 犧牲 /牺牲 ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · ru поже́ртвовать (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · no ofre ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · es sacrificar (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · km ពលី ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · pl poświęcić (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · fi uhrata (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · km ហ័វ ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · da ofre (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · fi uhrautua ((baseball, transitive) of a batter: to advance (one or more runners on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded; (intransitive) to bat the ball so that it can be fielded) · sv offra (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · ja 犠牲にする ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · el θυσιάζω ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · grc θύω ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · ca oferir (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · es sacrificar ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · bg принасям в жертва ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · th พลี ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · ca sacrificar-se ((baseball, transitive) of a batter: to advance (one or more runners on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded; (intransitive) to bat the ball so that it can be fielded) · lo ພະລີ ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · sk obetovať sa ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · fo bjóða ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · et loovutama ((business) to sell (something) at less than its value, thus incurring a monetary loss) · ast sacrificar ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · be ахвярава́ць ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · fi uhrata ((baseball, transitive) of a batter: to advance (one or more runners on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded; (intransitive) to bat the ball so that it can be fielded) · ru поже́ртвовать ((chess) to intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one’s position in the game) · eo oferi ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · lo ບູຊາ ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · ka შეწირვა ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · bg жертвам ((chess) to intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one’s position in the game) · lv upurēt ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · fi uhrata ((chess) to intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one’s position in the game) · ru же́ртвовать (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · is fórna ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · it sacrificare ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · hy զոհաբերել ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · lt aukoti (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · is gefa til ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · ko 희생(犧牲)하다 ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · ro jertfi ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · wa ofri ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · fi uhrata ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · sq flijoj ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · sk obetovať ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · fi surmata (to kill (an animal) for a scientific experiment or test) · vi hi sinh (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · fo geva gávu ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · egy R4:t*p ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · gl sacrificar ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · mn тахих ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · pt sacrificar (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · sh жртвовати ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · ru же́ртвовать ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · km សែន ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · ca sacrificar (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · pa وارنا ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · ru же́ртвовать ((chess) to intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one’s position in the game) · gl sacrificar (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · be ахвяро́ўваць ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · cmn 祭獻 /祭献 ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · th อุทิศ (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · it sacrificare (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · sh жртвовати (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · wa sacrifyî ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · pl poświęcać ((business) to sell (something) at less than its value, thus incurring a monetary loss) · pa ਵਾਰਨਾ (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable) · cs obětovat ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · el θυσιάζω ((chess) to intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one’s position in the game) · got 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · ckb قوربان کردن ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · ro sacrifica ((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity) · cy aberthu (to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable)