English-Greek translations for sacrifice

θυσιάζω
θυσίαΔεν θέλουμε η θυσία τους να πάει χαμένη. We do not want their sacrifice to be in vain. Ο Χριστός είπε: "έλεος θέλω και ου θυσίαν". Jesus says: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice'.

To offer as a gift to a deity
To trade for something of lesser worth in order to gain something else valued more, such as an ally or business relationship, or to avoid an even greater loss; to sell without profit to gain something other than money
To intentionally give up in order to improve one’s position on the board
To sell at a price less than the cost or actual value
The offering of anything to a god; a consecratory rite
The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; the devotion of something desirable to something higher, or to a calling deemed more pressing
Something sacrificed
A loss of profit

Venison has many advantages over meat from factory farms, although it still requires a hunter to sacrifice the life of a deer
the sacrifice of ones spare time in order to volunteer

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