sacrifice — meaning in English

English meaning

• sacrifice verb To offer something, historically an animal, person, or object, to a deity as an act of worship.

Senses

sacrifice is used for these senses in English:

• sacrifice A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see sense 1.3), offered to a deity.
• sacrifice 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.

sacrifice — full definition

1. verb To offer something, historically an animal, person, or object, to a deity as an act of worship.
2. verb To give up something valuable for the sake of something considered more important.
3. noun The act of giving up something valuable for a greater cause, or the thing given up.

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