What is another word for sacrifice?
Pronunciation:
[ sˈakɹɪfˌa͡ɪs], [ sˈakɹɪfˌaɪs], [ s_ˈa_k_ɹ_ɪ_f_ˌaɪ_s]
Related words: sacrifices, rituals, offerings, myths, religious beliefs, religion practices, catholic beliefs
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Similar words for sacrifice:
- abnegation (noun)
- act (noun)
- disposal (noun)
- expense (noun)
- fall guy (noun)
- give up (noun)
- loss (noun)
- martyrdom (noun)
- oblation (noun)
- offering (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- peace offering (noun)
- price (noun)
- quitclaim (noun)
- religion (noun)
- renunciation (noun)
- rite (noun)
- ritual killing (noun)
- sacrifice fly (noun)
- scapegoat (noun)
- temperance (noun)
- victim (noun)
- bless (verb)
- bunt (verb)
- contribute (verb)
- deny (verb)
- disagree, renounce, decline (verb)
- drop (verb)
- eschew (verb)
- forbear (verb)
- forego (verb)
- forfeit (verb)
- forgo (verb)
- give up, let go (verb)
- kill (verb)
- lose (verb)
- offer (verb)
- relinquish (verb)
- other synonyms
- deny
- eschew
- forego
- kill
- lose
- offer
- other relevant words
- relinquish
- scamp
Synonyms for Sacrifice:
n.
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- deduction,
- reduction,
- circumcise,
- confession,
- blessing,
- anoint,
- discount,
- contemplation,
- circumcision,
- celebrant.
- sur render,
- nixings,
- giving ups,
- self denial,
- selfdenial,
- eschewals,
- sur-renders,
- sur-render,
- sur renders.
- dis-positions,
- dispatchings,
- dis carding,
- re legation,
- de stroying,
- discardings,
- de-stroying,
- dis-carding,
- demolishings,
- chuckings,
- dis-patching,
- dis-position,
- re-legation,
- junkings,
- dis-cardings,
- barterings,
- jettisonings,
- re legations,
- auctionings,
- dis cardings,
- vendings,
- re-legations,
- dis positions,
- dis position,
- dis patching.
- out-puts,
- sur-charge,
- in-vestments,
- sur charges,
- in vestment,
- up keep,
- out-lays,
- sur-charges,
- in-vestment,
- de-bits,
- out pocket,
- out put,
- de bits,
- de privations,
- up keeps,
- out puts,
- de-privations,
- de-privation,
- outdi,
- de-bit,
- de bit,
- sur charge,
- over-heads,
- over heads,
- out lays,
- out-put,
- de privation,
- up-keeps,
- up-keep,
- out-lay,
- in vestments.
- easy touch,
- prize sap,
- whipping boy,
- trusting soul,
- schmuck,
- pigeon,
- lamb to the slaughter,
- can-carrier,
- pigeons,
- sitting duck.
- give.
- injured party,
- scapegoat,
- spiritual-mindedness,
- martyrdom,
- religion,
- gopher,
- sanctification,
- babe in woods,
- peace offering,
- out of pocket,
- price,
- payroll,
- sacrifice fly,
- relegations,
- oblation,
- quitclaim,
- higher power,
- expense,
- offering,
- victim,
- disposal,
- relegation,
- innocents,
- jettison,
- surcharge,
- Gophers,
- payrolls,
- transferences,
- sitting target,
- sac fly,
- relinquishment,
- refusal,
- junking,
- sacrifice hit,
- out lay,
- auctioning,
- eschewal,
- nixing,
- forbearance,
- sufferers,
- loss,
- scrappings,
- spendings,
- fall guy,
- temperance,
- renunciation,
- sufferer,
- easy make,
- transference,
- abnegation.
- piacular offering,
- dove of peace,
- Irenics,
- hand of friendship,
- outstretched hand,
- piaculum,
- whole offering,
- sacramental offering,
- sin offering,
- expiatory sacrifice,
- Heave offering,
- expiatory offering.
- ortho-doxy,
- higher powers,
- de nomination,
- de nominations,
- sanctifications,
- ortho doxies,
- spiritual mindednesses,
- spiritualmindednesses,
- spiritual-mindednesses,
- de-nomination,
- ortho-doxies,
- de-nominations,
- ortho doxy,
- spiritual mindedness,
- spiritualmindedness.
- novena,
- eucharist,
- liturgy,
- canon,
- evensong,
- marriage,
- celebration,
- remembrance,
- nones,
- communion,
- Siddur,
- sacrament,
- missal,
- vesper,
- service,
- rite,
- holiday,
- baptism,
- ritual,
- convocation,
- solemnization,
- initiation,
- matrimony,
- wedlock,
- transubstantiation,
- mass,
- revival,
- last rites,
- ceremony,
- christening,
- confirmation,
- observance.
v.
• bless (verb)- makes holy,
- pronouncing holy,
- ex tolling,
- invokes happiness,
- invoked benefits,
- pronounced holy,
- praying for,
- giving thanks to,
- ex tolled,
- ex-tolling,
- offering benediction,
- pronounces holy,
- prayed for,
- ex-tolled,
- gives thanks to,
- prays for,
- invokes benefits,
- offers benediction,
- invoked happiness,
- invoking happiness,
- gave thanks to,
- offered benediction,
- invoking benefits.
- ponying up,
- sub scribing,
- be quest,
- sweeten kitty,
- be-stowing,
- going dutch,
- be-stows,
- anteed up,
- sweetening the kitty,
- de voting,
- end-owed,
- antes up,
- be-questing,
- sub scribed,
- be-stow,
- be quests,
- be-stowed,
- sub scribe,
- de-voted,
- be stows,
- sweetening kitty,
- anted up,
- be stow,
- ponied up,
- sweetens kitty,
- sweetened kitty,
- end-owing,
- sweetened the kitty,
- de-vote,
- kicks in,
- be questing,
- sub scribes,
- sub-scribes,
- anteing up,
- be stowing,
- end owing,
- de votes,
- be stowed,
- de-voting,
- sub-scribing,
- goes dutch,
- sub-scribed,
- pre-sents,
- bequesting,
- be-quest,
- de vote,
- pre-sent,
- de voted,
- sweetens the kitty,
- kicked in,
- be-quests,
- pre sent,
- be-quested,
- end owed,
- kicking in,
- went dutch,
- de-votes,
- be quested.
- enjoins from,
- dis-proving,
- re fuses,
- dis owning,
- dis-proves,
- dis-avowing,
- dis allowing,
- dis acknowledges,
- re-straining,
- dis-acknowledging,
- dis proved,
- dis proving,
- turning thumbs down,
- enjoined from,
- dis believing,
- dis acknowledging,
- dis-acknowledged,
- dis-prove,
- dis-acknowledges,
- re buffs,
- dis avow,
- be grudge,
- dis-allowed,
- dis prove,
- re-butting,
- takes exception to,
- dis carded,
- dis-acknowledge,
- dis-allows,
- re canted,
- turns thumbs down,
- dis-proved,
- dis claimed,
- dis-believed,
- dis-credited,
- with-holds,
- took exception to,
- dis-avow,
- dis-allow,
- says no to,
- be grudges,
- dis avowed,
- dis believed,
- with held,
- dis avowing,
- re buff,
- re-fuse,
- dis-claims,
- dis-allowing,
- dis-claiming,
- enjoining from,
- re fuse,
- dis-avowed,
- be grudging,
- dis credit,
- dis-cards,
- be-grudge,
- re strains,
- re-canting,
- re butted,
- dis claiming,
- re-canted,
- dis-claim,
- dis claims,
- re-fused,
- calls on,
- dis-carded,
- dis claim,
- said no to,
- dis proves,
- dis-card,
- re-butted,
- re strain,
- dis acknowledge,
- not bought,
- dis-believe,
- dis-credits,
- dis acknowledged,
- dis-avows,
- taking exception to,
- with-held,
- not buying,
- dis allows,
- dis crediting,
- dis-crediting,
- dis-owning,
- with-hold,
- turned thumbs down,
- re fused,
- with holds,
- re-strained,
- dis-believes,
- re buffed,
- re-buffs,
- with holding,
- dis avows,
- dis-claimed,
- dis-believing,
- re fusing,
- dis card,
- saying no to,
- with hold,
- not buys,
- re-buffed,
- re canting,
- dis owned,
- dis credited,
- re-buffing,
- dis-owned,
- re-strain,
- be-grudged,
- dis cards,
- be grudged,
- be-grudges,
- re butting,
- dis allow,
- re strained,
- be-grudging,
- dis-credit,
- re-strains,
- dis believes,
- dis believe,
- re straining,
- dis allowed,
- dis credits,
- re buffing.
- deny.
- hadst done with,
- dis missed,
- re-signs,
- re signing,
- dis-missing,
- forgat about,
- adiosed,
- dis-missed,
- wasted one,
- haddest done with,
- forgot about,
- parts from,
- dis-continues,
- Re sign,
- has done with,
- dis-continuing,
- adiosing,
- dusting off,
- re-signed,
- am alienated from,
- being alienated from,
- dis continue,
- is alienated from,
- dis continuing,
- forgetting about,
- dis continues,
- hast done with,
- dis continued,
- eightysix,
- wasting one,
- eighty six,
- adioses,
- parting from,
- having done with,
- hath done with,
- dis-continue,
- wastes one,
- dusted off,
- dis-continued,
- wert alienated from,
- dusts off,
- was alienated from,
- dis missing,
- de sert,
- had done with,
- art alienated from,
- de-sert,
- re signs,
- wast alienated from,
- were alienated from,
- are alienated from,
- re signed.
- shied away from,
- hast no truck with,
- letted well enough alone,
- hath no truck with,
- swears off,
- steers clear of,
- lets well enough alone,
- not touches,
- letting well enough alone,
- had no truck with,
- haddest no truck with,
- not touched,
- swore off,
- shying away from,
- hadst no truck with,
- sware off,
- shies away from,
- having no truck with,
- has no truck with,
- steered clear of.
- keeps from,
- went easy,
- de-clines,
- going easy,
- de clines,
- de cline,
- kept from,
- keeping from,
- goes easy,
- de-cline.
- pre ceded,
- fore gone,
- fore-went,
- fore-going,
- fore went,
- pre-ceding,
- pre-cedes,
- pre ceding,
- pre-cede,
- pre cedes,
- pre cede,
- fore going,
- fore-gone.
- sur-rendered,
- wast deprived of,
- were deprived of,
- were stripped of,
- being deprived of,
- are deprived of,
- is deprived of,
- art deprived of,
- wert deprived of,
- sur-rendering,
- are stripped of,
- am deprived of,
- gives over,
- am stripped of,
- was deprived of,
- is stripped of,
- wert stripped of,
- wast stripped of,
- art stripped of,
- sur rendering,
- was stripped of,
- gave over,
- being stripped of,
- sur rendered.
- takes cure,
- taking oath,
- leaves alone,
- goes the wagon,
- going on the wagon,
- going the wagon,
- packing in,
- taking the oath,
- go on wagon,
- goes on the wagon,
- takes oath,
- taking cure,
- going on wagon,
- goes wagon,
- took cure,
- leaved out,
- passing up,
- sitting out,
- takes the oath,
- took the oath,
- took the cure,
- passes up,
- went the wagon,
- took oath,
- take cure,
- go wagon,
- sate out,
- leaving alone,
- going wagon,
- takes the cure,
- leaved alone,
- went wagon,
- goes on wagon,
- go the wagon,
- went on the wagon,
- went on wagon,
- sits out.
- yield,
- resign oneself to,
- offer up,
- suffer,
- endure,
- cede,
- kiss goodbye,
- waive,
- spare,
- lose.
- purge,
- remove,
- do in,
- smite,
- chill,
- put to sleep,
- dispatch,
- hang,
- do away with,
- butcher,
- liquidate,
- massacre,
- snuff,
- slay,
- ice,
- assassinate,
- slaughter,
- smother,
- asphyxiate,
- drown,
- suffocate,
- strangle,
- exterminate,
- execute,
- eliminate.
- de-faulting,
- dis place,
- mis spend,
- are careless,
- dis inherit,
- art careless,
- was reduced,
- mis placed,
- dis possessing,
- mis places,
- be-reft,
- mis spends,
- be reaved,
- was careless,
- be-reaving,
- falls short,
- de faulting,
- dis-inherited,
- dis-possesses,
- de faulted,
- dis inherits,
- de-faulted,
- be-reaves,
- ex-pend,
- dis-inherits,
- dis-placing,
- is careless,
- wert reduced,
- are reduced,
- be reft,
- dis-possessing,
- ex-pending,
- failed keep,
- suffered loss,
- mis-place,
- mis-spend,
- fails keep,
- ex pended,
- were reduced,
- dis-possess,
- dis places,
- failing to keep,
- am impoverished,
- failing keep,
- am careless,
- dis-possessed,
- dis-inherit,
- mis spending,
- mis place,
- art impoverished,
- being careless,
- mis-spent,
- being reduced,
- suffers loss,
- are impoverished,
- ex-pends,
- uses up,
- dis possesses,
- de-fault,
- de faults,
- dis possess,
- ex pending,
- fell short,
- wast careless,
- mis-spends,
- art reduced,
- be-reaved,
- dis inherited,
- be reave,
- wert careless,
- becoming poorer,
- de-faults,
- dis-inheriting,
- dis-place,
- mis-spending,
- dis possessed,
- was impoverished,
- wert impoverished,
- dis-placed,
- dis inheriting,
- wast reduced,
- is impoverished,
- de fault,
- became poorer,
- be-reave,
- were impoverished,
- were careless,
- ex pends,
- failed to keep,
- am reduced,
- becomes poorer,
- mis spent,
- ex pend,
- fail keep,
- dis-places,
- be reaving,
- dis placed,
- be reaves,
- ex-pended,
- is reduced,
- being impoverished,
- dis placing,
- wast impoverished,
- mis-places.
- lay at ones feet,
- lay at feet,
- laying one feet,
- was at service,
- dis-played,
- was service,
- were at service,
- art at service,
- ex-tend,
- ex-tended,
- dis-playing,
- dis plays,
- wert service,
- being service,
- all-owing,
- putting the market,
- lay feet,
- dis playing,
- putting on the market,
- placed disposal,
- dis-play,
- pro-viding,
- put market,
- dis play,
- making available,
- laying one's feet,
- dis played,
- is service,
- ex tends,
- pro viding,
- be service,
- pro vides,
- pro-vide,
- putting forth,
- place disposal,
- pro-pounded,
- pro-pound,
- placing disposal,
- pro pounds,
- all-owed,
- lays feet,
- putting market,
- laying at ones feet,
- placed at disposal,
- puts market,
- puts forth,
- are service,
- am at service,
- lays at ones feet,
- ex tended,
- lays at feet,
- pro vided,
- lays ones feet,
- makes available,
- putting up for sale,
- made available,
- being at service,
- ex tending,
- placing at disposal,
- art service,
- were service,
- put on market,
- laid at one feet,
- puts on the market,
- laid at ones feet,
- pro-pounds,
- lays one feet,
- pro pounding,
- pro-vided,
- laying feet,
- laid at one's feet,
- is at service,
- all owing,
- lays at one's feet,
- pro pound,
- laid feet,
- lay one feet,
- putting on market,
- puts up for sale,
- pro-vides,
- are at service,
- lay ones feet,
- putting forward,
- places disposal,
- lay one's feet,
- pro vide,
- lay at one feet,
- pro-pounding,
- lays one's feet,
- putting for sale,
- laid one's feet,
- all owed,
- laying ones feet,
- pro pounded,
- ex-tending,
- ex-tends,
- wast at service,
- laying at one's feet,
- wert at service,
- dis-plays,
- am service,
- laid one feet,
- puts on market,
- puts for sale,
- laid ones feet,
- puts the market,
- wast service,
- laying at feet,
- ex tend,
- put the market,
- lays at one feet,
- laid at feet,
- places at disposal,
- laying at one feet,
- put for sale.
- standing down,
- taking the pledge,
- kisses good bye,
- kissing goodbye,
- with drew,
- drops like hot potato,
- took pledge,
- re leases,
- kissed good-bye,
- taking pledge,
- re-lease,
- dropt like hot potato,
- re-leases,
- laying aside,
- kisses good-bye,
- with-draw,
- retiring from,
- dropped like hot potato,
- with-drew,
- retired from,
- with drawn,
- kissing good-bye,
- kissed good bye,
- kissed goodbye,
- re-leased,
- retires from,
- stands down,
- take pledge,
- quits cold turkey,
- with draw,
- with-drawn,
- re lease,
- kissing good bye,
- with-drawing,
- kisses goodbye,
- with draws,
- dropping like hot potato,
- quitting cold turkey,
- quitted cold turkey,
- takes pledge,
- kiss good bye,
- takes the pledge,
- with drawing.
Other synonyms:
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•
- renounce,
- destruction.
-
•
- surrender.
- not buy,
- take exception to,
- spurn,
- turn thumbs down,
- Tabooed,
- call on,
- kept back,
- forsake,
- taboo,
- enjoin from,
- withholds,
- veto,
- turn down,
- called on,
- keep back,
- calling on,
- keeps back,
- Tabooing,
- Negatived,
- keeping back,
- Negativing,
- say no to.
- not touch,
- Forsworn,
- swear off,
- steer clear of,
- let well enough alone,
- have no truck with,
- swearing off,
- not touching,
- steering clear of,
- shies,
- shy away from,
- Shying.
- murdered,
- lynching,
- Killed,
- killing,
- Garroted,
- put to death,
- garrotes,
- kill,
- offing,
- garrote,
- OFFS,
- putting to death,
- Garroting,
- offed.
- use up,
- losing,
- be reduced,
- fails to keep,
- be careless,
- falling short,
- fail to keep,
- suffering loss,
- using up,
- fall short,
- become poorer,
- suffer loss,
- be impoverished,
- used up.
- be at service,
- Volunteered,
- put forward,
- make available,
- lay at one's feet,
- place at disposal,
- puts forward,
- put on the market,
- put up for sale,
- put forth,
- posed,
- Volunteering.
- forbear,
- packed in,
- handed out,
- glorify,
- leave out,
- lay it down,
- forget about,
- washing out,
- Lauding,
- offer,
- passing on,
- parting with,
- Paused,
- sweeten the kitty,
- give over,
- take the cure,
- passed up,
- Tendered,
- passed on,
- sat out,
- parted from,
- part with,
- left out,
- invoke happiness,
- pitch in,
- give thanks to,
- bless,
- laying down,
- Subsidizing,
- have done with,
- contribute,
- enriches,
- make holy,
- give up,
- bunt,
- dust off,
- leave alone,
- go easy,
- making holy,
- ante up,
- offer benediction,
- laud,
- eschew,
- parts with,
- passes on,
- pray for,
- washed out,
- go on the wagon,
- invoke benefits,
- will,
- left alone,
- Tendering,
- pronounce holy,
- pass on,
- pony up,
- forego,
- be deprived of,
- pass up,
- lay down,
- Extolled,
- tenders,
- keep from,
- giving over,
- washes out,
- drop,
- take the oath,
- pack in,
- forgoing,
- part from,
- ponies up,
- Forgone,
- relinquish,
- sit out,
- packs in,
- adios,
- laid down,
- Forbore,
- forgets about,
- made holy,
- leaves out,
- be stripped of,
- waste one,
- be alienated from,
- forfeit,
- parted with,
- wash out,
- take oath,
- taking the cure,
- leaving out,
- forgo,
- bequested.
How to use "Sacrifice" in context?
Sacrifice is often seen as a word with negative connotations. It often refers to the act of giving up something we want in order to achieve something we want. But does sacrifice have to be negative?
In some ways, sacrifice can be seen as a positive act. It can be a way to help others and make something happen. It can also be a way to show caring and respect. Sacrifice can also be seen as a way to give up something we want in order to help others. Sacrifice can be a way to SHOW LOVE.
Sacrifice can also be a way to show respect.
Paraphrases for Sacrifice:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
self-sacrifice.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
dedication, Slaughtering.
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Verb, base form
devote.
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Noun, singular or mass
Homophones for Sacrifice:
- scrapbook, scripps, surf fish, scraps, services, sourpuss, scrubs, scirpus, sea crawfish, sorbus, scrub oak, scarabaeus, scarface, srbija, scorpius, service, seriphus, surbase, sugar-bush, surface gauge, surpass, sour fig, Scire Facias, surface gage, surface, surffish, suckerfish, seraphic.
Hyponym for Sacrifice:
n.
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act
act, putout, human action, deed, human activity.
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event
personnel casualty, loss.
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possession
loss.
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act
v.
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contact
kill.
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contact
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