SACRIFICE
- the slaughter of an animal, person, etc on an altar as an offering to a god [n -S] / to offer up in sacrifice also SACRIFY [v SACRIFICED, SACRIFICING, SACRIFICES]
- An act of slaughtering an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to God or to a divine or supernatural figure
- An animal, person, or object offered in this way
- An act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else regarded as more important or worthy
- Christ's offering of himself in the Crucifixion
- The Eucharist regarded either (in Catholic terms) as a propitiatory offering of the body and blood of Christ or (in Protestant terms) as an act of thanksgiving
- A move intended to allow the opponent to win a pawn or piece, for strategic or tactical reasons
- A bunted ball that puts the batter out but allows a base runner or runners to advance
- A bid made in the belief that it will be less costly to be defeated in the contract than to allow the opponents to make a contract
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