sacrifice. Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.

Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.

sacrifice

NOUN:	1. A loss sustained in the accomplishment of or as the result of something: cost, expense, price, toll¹. See TRANSACTIONS. 2. One or more living creatures slain and offered to a deity as part of a religious rite: hecatomb, immolation, offering, victim. See RELIGION.
VERB:	To offer as a sacrifice: immolate, victimize. See GIVE, RELIGION.


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