sacrifice

Definition

  • noun: the act of giving up something that you want to keep especially in order to get or do something else or to help someone
  • noun: an act of offering to a deity something precious
  • verb: to give up (something that you want to keep) especially in order to get or do something else or to help someone
  • verb: to offer as a sacrifice
  • usually used as '(be) sacrificed'

Examples

  • We should honor the courage and 'self-sacrifice' of the brave soldiers who died for our country.

  • He provided help to the city's homeless people 'at great personal sacrifice' (to himself).

  • He made many personal 'sacrifices' to provide help to the city's homeless people.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) me, Captain Butler, as long as you live. How sweet, how kind. He is a thoughtful gentleman. Fiddle-dee-dee, why doesn't he say something about my sacrifice? Oh, the darling thing. Oh, Rhett, it's lovely, lovely. You didn't really bring it all the way from Paris just for me. (..)
    1939 Gone with the Wind
  • (..) Every time I think of it I feel faint! Aunt Pitty, you know Scarlett came here only to help raise money for the cause. It was splendid of her to make the sacrifice. Anyone would think, to hear you talk... ...that she came here to dance instead of to sell things. Ladies and gentlemen! (..)
    1939 Gone with the Wind