Noun

• S: (n) forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice (the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.)
• S: (n) sacrifice (personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective))
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) 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"
• S: (n) sacrifice, ritual killing (the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity)
• S: (n) sacrifice ((baseball) an out that advances the base runners)

Verb

• S: (v) sacrifice, give (endure the loss of) "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war"
• S: (v) sacrifice (kill or destroy) "The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment"
• S: (v) sacrifice (sell at a loss)
• S: (v) sacrifice (make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals)