Definition of sacrifice
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : an act of offering to a deity something precious especially : the killing of a victim on an altar
2 : something offered in sacrifice
3a : destruction or surrender of something for the sake of something else
b : something given up or lost
the sacrifices made by parents
4 : loss goods sold at a sacrifice
5 : sacrifice bunt
sacrifice
verbsacrificed; sacrificing
Definition of sacrifice (Entry 2 of 2)
1 : to offer as a sacrifice
2 : to suffer loss of, give up, renounce, injure, or destroy especially for an ideal, belief, or end
3 : to sell at a loss
4 : to advance (a base runner) by means of a sacrifice bunt
5 : to kill (an animal) as part of a scientific experiment
1 : to make or perform the rites of a sacrifice
2 : to make a sacrifice hit in baseball
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The first known use of sacrifice was in the 13th century
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