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Meaning of sacrifice

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  sacrifice
      n 1: the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty
           for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. [syn:
           {forfeit}, {forfeiture}, {sacrifice}]
      2: personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in
         order to gain an objective)
      3: a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less
         than its value; "he had to sell his car at a considerable
         sacrifice"
      4: the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to
         propitiate a deity [syn: {sacrifice}, {ritual killing}]
      5: (baseball) an out that advances the base runners
      v 1: endure the loss of; "He gave his life for his children"; "I
           gave two sons to the war" [syn: {sacrifice}, {give}]
      2: kill or destroy; "The animals were sacrificed after the
         experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers
         to save the regiment"
      3: sell at a loss
      4: make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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