Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)forfeit, forfeiture, sacrificethe act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. (n)sacrificepersonnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective) (n)sacrificea loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value“he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice” (n)sacrifice(baseball) an out that advances the base runners Verbs
(v)sacrifice, giveendure the loss of“He gave his life for his children”,
“I gave two sons to the war” (v)sacrificekill or destroy“The animals were sacrificed after the experiment”,
“The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment” (v)sacrificemake a sacrifice of; in religious rituals