What is the meaning of sacrifice?

noun

• The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc..
  • synonyms: forfeit, forfeiture
• Personnel that are sacrificed (e. G., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective. )
• A loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value.
  • usage: "he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice"
• The act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity.
  • synonyms: ritual killing
• Baseball) an out that advances the base runners. (

verb

• Endure the loss of.
  • usage: "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war"
  • synonyms: give
• Kill or destroy.
  • usage: "The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment"
• Sell at a loss.
• Make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals. .