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sacrifice

Definition for sacrifice

noun as in loss

verb as in give up, let go

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The sacrifice of aesthetics is the price of security.

From BBC

In Homer’s “The Odyssey,” for instance, a bridge to the spirit world is reached only after a complex series of sacrifices and offerings — a potent mix of sweet wine and the blood of a lamb.

Sixty-five percent of Democrats want their representatives in Congress “to stick to their positions even if that risks sacrificing bipartisan progress.”

From Salon

“Nobody really looks up to say, ‘what are we sacrificing on the other end of it?’

The Dodgers kept the rally going after that, loading the bases for Call to hit a tying sacrifice fly.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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