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| 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: | 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: | bless |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sanctify |
| Synonyms: | absolve, anoint, baptize, beatify, canonize, commend, confirm, consecrate, cross, dedicate, enshrine, eulogize, exalt, extol, glorify, hallow, honor, laud, magnify, offer, ordain, praise, sacrifice, sign, sprinkle, thank, give thanks to, invoke benefits, invoke happiness, make holy, offer benediction, panegyrize, pray for, pronounce holy |
| Antonyms: | condemn, curse, damn |
| Main Entry: | bunt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit half-heartedly |
| Synonyms: | butt, meet, sacrifice, throw, toss, lay it down |
| Main Entry: | contribute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | donate, provide |
| Synonyms: | accord, add, afford, assign, bequeath, bequest, bestow, chip in, come through, commit, confer, devote, dispense, dole out*, endow, enrich, furnish, give, give away, grant, hand out, kick in*, pitch in*, present, proffer, sacrifice, share, subscribe, subsidize, supply, tender, will, ante up, dower, go Dutch, pony up, sweeten the kitty |
| Antonyms: | harm, hurt, neglect, oppose, shun, subtract, take, withdraw, withhold, take away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | disposal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parting with or throwing something away |
| Synonyms: | clearance, conveyance, demolition, destroying, destruction, dispensation, disposition, ejection, jettison, removal, riddance, sacrifice, sale, selling, transfer, auctioning, bartering, chucking, demolishing, discarding, dispatching, dumping, jettisoning, junking, relegation, relinquishment, scrapping, trading, transference, vending |
| Antonyms: | hold, keeping, retention |
| Main Entry: | drop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon; ignore |
| Synonyms: | abort, break with, call off, cancel, cast off, cease, desert, discontinue, dismiss, disown, ditch*, divorce, eighty-six*, end, forfeit, forsake, interrupt, jilt, kick*, leave, lose, quit, reject, relinquish, remit, renounce, repudiate, resign, sacrifice, scratch*, scrub*, separate, shake, stop, terminate, throw over, wipe out*, write off*, adios, be alienated from, dust off*, forget about, give up, have done with, part from, part with, wash out*, waste one |
| Antonyms: | continue, do, mount, pursue, take up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | kill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deprive of existence; destroy |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, asphyxiate, assassinate, crucify, dispatch, do away with*, do in*, drown, dump, electrocute, eradicate, erase*, execute, exterminate, extirpate, finish, get*, guillotine, hang, hit*, liquidate, lynch, massacre, murder, neutralize, obliterate, off*, poison, polish off*, put away*, rub out*, sacrifice, slaughter, slay, smother, snuff, strangle, suffocate, waste*, wipe out*, zap*, X-out, garrote, immolate, put to death |
| Antonyms: | bear, create, give birth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be deprived of; mislay |
| Synonyms: | bereave, capitulate, consume, default, deplete, disinherit, displace, dispossess, dissipate, divest, drain, drop, exhaust, expend, fail, forfeit, forget, lavish, misplace, miss, misspend, oust, relinquish, rob, sacrifice, squander, suffer, surrender, waste, yield, be careless, be impoverished, be reduced, become poorer, fail to keep, fall short, give up, pass up, suffer loss, use up |
| Antonyms: | keep, maintain, hold on to |
| 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: | offer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | present, propose for acceptance |
| Synonyms: | accord, advance, afford, allow, award, be at service, bid, come forward, display, donate, exhibit, extend, furnish, give, grant, hold out, lay at one's feet, make available, move, place at disposal, ply, pose, press, proffer, propound, provide, put forth, put forward, put on the market, put up, put up for sale, sacrifice, show, submit, suggest, tender, volunteer |
| Antonyms: | take, take back, withdraw, withhold |
| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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