English Synonym Finder

sacrificed

Definitions

Offered or killed as a religious sacrifice.

Gave up something valued for the sake of other considerations.

Lost or destroyed something for a specific purpose or cause.

Examples

The soldiers sacrificed their lives to protect their country during the war.

She sacrificed her weekend plans to help her friend finish the urgent project.

Synonyms

forfeited surrendered offered up relinquished given up abandoned devoted

Antonyms

kept retained preserved saved held onto maintained guarded