Sacrifice
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Sacrifice
Noun
- Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity. A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see etymology 1 sense 1.3), offered to a deity. The offering of devotion, penitence, prayer, thanksgiving, etc., to a deity. Jesus Christ's voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind. The rite of Holy Communion or the Mass, regarded as an offering of thanksgiving to God for Christ's crucifixion, or a perpetual re-presentation of Christ's sacrificial offering.
- Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.
- A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see etymology 1 sense 1.3), offered to a deity.
- The offering of devotion, penitence, prayer, thanksgiving, etc., to a deity.
- Jesus Christ's voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind. The rite of Holy Communion or the Mass, regarded as an offering of thanksgiving to God for Christ's crucifixion, or a perpetual re-presentation of Christ's sacrificial offering.
Verb
- To offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity.
"Venison has many advantages over meat from factory farms, although it still requires a hunter to sacrifice the life of a deer."
- To offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity.
- To destroy or kill (a human being or an animal); specifically , to kill (an animal) for a scientific experiment or test. To destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable.
"Venison has many advantages over meat from factory farms, although it still requires a hunter to sacrifice the life of a deer."
- To destroy or kill (a human being or an animal); specifically , to kill (an animal) for a scientific experiment or test.
- To destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable.
"Venison has many advantages over meat from factory farms, although it still requires a hunter to sacrifice the life of a deer."
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