noun
- the act of offering the life of a person or animal, or some object, in propitiation of or homage to a deity
- something so offered
- the act of giving up, destroying, permitting injury to, or forgoing something valued for the sake of something having a more pressing claim
- a thing so given up, etc.
- a selling or giving up of something at less than its supposed value
- the loss incurred
- ☆ Baseball a sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly
Origin:
OFr < L sacrificium < sacer, sacred + facere, to make, do
transitive verb sacrificed, sacrificing
- to offer as a sacrifice to God or a god
- to give up, destroy, permit injury to, or forgo (something valued) for the sake of something having a more pressing claim
- to sell at less than the supposed value
- ☆ Baseball to advance (a base runner) by means of a sacrifice