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sacrifice - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | sacrifice |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up, let go |
| Synonyms: | cede, drop, endure, eschew, forfeit, forgo, lose, offer, renounce, spare, suffer, surrender, waive, yield, immolate, kiss goodbye, offer up, part with, resign oneself to |
| Antonyms: | hold, refuse |
| Main Entry: | sacrifice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loss |
| Synonyms: | atonement, deduction*, discount, libation, oblation, offering, penance, reduction, reparation, sacrificial lamb |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abnegation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | denial, renouncement of something |
| Synonyms: | abstinence, forbearance, giving up, refusal, rejection, renunciation, sacrifice, self-denial, stonewall*, surrender, temperance, abandonment, eschewal, nixing, relinquishment |
| Antonyms: | acquiescence, admittance, surrender, yielding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bunt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit half-heartedly |
| Synonyms: | butt, meet, sacrifice, throw, toss, lay it down |
| Main Entry: | deny |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree, renounce, decline |
| Synonyms: | abjure, abnegate, ban, begrudge, contradict, contravene, controvert, curb, disallow, disavow, disbelieve, discard, disclaim, discredit, disown, disprove, doubt, eschew, exclude, forbid, forgo, forsake, gainsay, hold back, negate, negative, nullify, oppose, rebuff, rebut, recant, refuse, refute, reject, repudiate, restrain, revoke, sacrifice, spurn, taboo, turn down, veto, withhold, call on, disacknowledge, enjoin from, keep back, not buy, say no to, take exception to, turn thumbs down |
| Notes: | deny means to declare untrue or refuse to accept or believe or to refuse to recognize or acknowledge; refute means to prove to be false, wrong, or incorrect |
| Antonyms: | accede, acknowledge, admit, affirm, agree, allow, concede, confess, corroborate, grant, go along |
| Main Entry: | eschew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have nothing to do with |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abjure, abstain, avoid, double, duck, elude, evade, forgo, forswear, refrain, renounce, sacrifice, shun, shy, give up, have no truck with, let well enough alone, not touch, shy away from, steer clear of, swear off* |
| Antonyms: | embrace, like, love |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cost, payment |
| Synonyms: | amount, assessment, bite*, bottom line*, budget, charge, consumption, debit, debt, deprivation, disbursement, duty, expenditure, forfeit, forfeiture, insurance, investment, liability, loan, loss, mortgage, obligation, outdo*, outlay, output, overhead, price, price tag, rate, responsibility, risk, sacrifice, sum, surcharge, tariff, toll, upkeep, use, value, worth, decrement, out of pocket, payroll, spending |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fall guy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | easy victim |
| Synonyms: | boob, chopping block, chump, dupe, easy mark, fool, goat, mark, patsy, sacrifice, sap, scapegoat, schlemiel, sitting duck, soft touch, stooge, sucker, victim, whipping boy, can-carrier, easy touch, lamb to the slaughter, pigeon, prize sap, schmuck, trusting soul |
| Main Entry: | forbear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | resist the temptation to |
| Synonyms: | abstain, avoid, bridle, cease, curb, decline, desist, escape, eschew, evade, forgo, hold back*, inhibit, keep, omit, pause, refrain, restrain, sacrifice, shun, stop, withhold, go easy, keep from |
| Antonyms: | continue, indulge, involve, partake, use |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | forfeit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up something in sacrifice |
| Synonyms: | abandon, drop, lose, relinquish, renounce, sacrifice, surrender, be deprived of, be stripped of, give over |
| Antonyms: | gain, profit, win |
| Main Entry: | forgo |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up, do without |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, abjure, abstain, cede, desist, eschew, forbear, forsake, give in, pass, quit, refrain, relinquish, renounce, resign, resist, sacrifice, surrender, waive, yield, go on the wagon, leave alone, leave out, pack in, pass on, pass up, sit out, swear off*, take the cure, take the oath |
| Antonyms: | continue, indulge, keep, use |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | loss |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misfortune, deficit; something misplaced or lost |
| Synonyms: | accident, bad luck, bereavement, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, cost, damage, death, debit, debt, defeat, deficiency, depletion, deprivation, destitution, destruction, detriment, disadvantage, disappearance, disaster, failure, fall, fatality, forfeiture, harm, hurt, injury, losing, misadventure, mishap, need, perdition, privation, ruin, sacrifice, shrinkage, trial, trouble, undoing, want, waste, wreckage, dispossession, impairment, mislaying, misplacing, retardation, squandering |
| Antonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, success, win |
| Main Entry: | martyrdom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suffering endured for sake of a cause |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agonizing, agony, anguish, crucifixion, devotion, distress, mortification, ordeal, pain, persecution, sacrifice, torment, torture, unselfishness, self-immolation, self-sacrifice |
| Antonyms: | contentment, happiness, satisfaction |
| Main Entry: | offering |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | donation |
| Synonyms: | alms, atonement, charity, contribution, gift, oblation, present, sacrifice, subscription, bene-faction, beneficence, expiation |
| Antonyms: | withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | religion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief in divinity; system of beliefs |
| Synonyms: | church, communion, creed, cult, denomination, devotion, doctrine, morality, myth, mythology, observance, orthodoxy, piety, prayer, preference, ritual, sacrifice, sect, spirituality, superstition, theology, veneration, higher power, pietism, religiosity, rites, sanctification, spiritual-mindedness, standards |
| Antonyms: | atheism, disbelief, agnosticism |
| Main Entry: | relinquish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up, let go |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, abnegate, back down, cast, cast off, cede, cut loose*, desert, discard, ditch*, drop, drop out, dump*, forbear, forgo, forsake, forswear, hand over, kick, leave, opt out, quit, release, renounce, repudiate, resign, sacrifice, shed, surrender, vacate, waive, withdraw, yield, drop like hot potato, kiss good-bye, lay aside, quit cold turkey, retire from, stand down, swear off*, take the oath, take the pledge |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | renunciation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abandonment, rejection |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, abstention, cancellation, denial, disclaimer, forbearing, giving up, rebuff, refusal, remission, repeal, repudiation, resignation, sacrifice, self-denial, surrender, veto, waiver, yielding, abdication, abjuration, disavowal, eschewal, eschewing, forswearing, relinquishment, renouncement, self-abnegation, self-sacrifice, spurning |
| Antonyms: | allowance, approval, condonement |
| Main Entry: | scapegoat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who takes blame for |
| Synonyms: | another's action boob, chump, doormat, dupe, easy mark*, fall guy*, fool, goat*, gull*, mark*, patsy, pigeon*, pushover*, sacrifice, sap*, schmuck, sitting duck*, stooge, sucker, victim, weakling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | temperance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-restraint; abstinence |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, abstemiousness, austerity, conservatism, constraint, continence, control, discretion, forbearance, frugality, golden mean*, happy medium*, measure, moderation, mortification, prohibition, prudence, restraint, sacrifice, self-control, self-denial, sobriety, stoicism, asceticism, astringency, eschewal, forgoing, moderateness, moderatism, reasonableness, refrainment, self-deprivation, self-discipline, soberness, teetotalism, uninebriation, unintoxication |
| Antonyms: | excess, intemperance, wildness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | victim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone or something sacrificed, preyed upon |
| Synonyms: | butt, casualty, clown, dupe, easy mark*, fatality, fool, gambit, gull, hireling, hunted, innocent, mark, martyr, patsy, pawn, prey, pushover*, quarry, sacrifice, scapegoat, sitting duck*, soft touch*, stooge*, sucker, underdog, wretch, babe in woods, easy make, gopher, gudgeon, immolation, injured party, pigeon*, sitting target, sufferer |
| Antonyms: | criminal, culprit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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