1. (

• forfeit ,
• forfeiture ,
• sacrifice ,

) the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. ;

2. (

• sacrifice

) personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective) ;

3. (

• sacrifice

) a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value; "he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice" ;

4. (

• sacrifice ,
• ritual_killing

) the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity ;

5. (

• sacrifice ,

) (baseball) an out that advances the base runners ;

1. (

• sacrifice ,
• give ,

) endure the loss of; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war" ;

2. (

• sacrifice

) kill or destroy; "The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment" ;

3. (

• sacrifice ,

) sell at a loss ;

4. (

• sacrifice ,

) make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals ;