Word

sacrifice, n.
(sacrifices)
freq. cnt. 8

the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 7

forfeit forfeiture sacrifice

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

sacrifice

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

forfeit

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

forfeit

semantic pointers

hypernym

act, human action, deed, human activity

personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

sacrifice

semantic pointers

hypernym

loss, personnel casualty

(baseball) an out that advances the base runners
<noun.act>

sacrifice

semantic pointers

hypernym

putout

domain of synset (topic)

baseball, baseball game, ball

hyponym

sacrifice fly

the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
<noun.act>

ritual killing sacrifice

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

sacrificial sacrifice sacrifice

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

animal, creature, beast, animate being, brute, fauna

hypernym

killing, kill, putting to death

hyponym

hecatomb immolation

a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
<noun.possession>

sacrifice

sample sentences

"he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

sacrifice

semantic pointers

hypernym

loss