Find your perfect word!

 

Definition sacrifice

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French sacrifice, from Latin sacrificium (“sacrifice”), from sacrific? (“make or offer a sacrifice”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”) + faci? (“do, make”).

Verb

sacrifice (third-person singular simple present sacrifices, present participle sacrificing, simple past and past participle sacrificed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To offer (something) as a gift to a deity.
  2. (transitive) To give away (something valuable) to get at least a possibility of gaining something else of value (such as self-respect, trust, love, freedom, prosperity), or to avoid an even greater loss.
  3. (transitive) To trade (a value of higher worth) 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.
  4. (transitive, chess) To intentionally give up (a piece) in order to improve one’s position on the board.
  5. (transitive, baseball) To advance (a runner on base) by batting the ball so it can be caught or fielded, placing the batter out, but with insufficient time to put the runner out.
  6. (dated, tradesmen's slang) To sell at a price less than the cost or actual value.
  7. To destroy; to kill.

Noun

sacrifice (countable and uncountable, plural sacrifices)

  1. The offering of anything to a god; a consecratory rite.
  2. 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.
  3. Something sacrificed.
  4. (baseball) A play in which the batter is intentionally out so that one or more runners can advance around the bases.
  5. A loss of profit.
  6. (slang, dated) A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value.

Results 177 Words with the letters SACRIFICE

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
15 letter words with the letters SACRIFICE ↑
CONFECTIONARIES 26
RECODIFICATIONS 26
14 letter words with the letters SACRIFICE ↑
CERTIFICATIONS 24
RECTIFICATIONS 24
13 letter words with the letters SACRIFICE ↑
FARCICALITIES 23
INFRASPECIFIC 29
INTRASPECIFIC 26
PROLIFICACIES 26
12 letter words with the letters SACRIFICE ↑
CERTIFICATES 21
SACCHARIFIED 24
SACCHARIFIES 23
11 letter words with the letters SACRIFICE ↑
SACRIFICERS 20
10 letter words with the letters SACRIFICE ↑
SACRIFICED 20
SACRIFICER 19
SACRIFICES 19
9 letter words with the letters SACRIFICE ↑
SACRIFICE 18
7 letter words with the letters SACRIFICE ↑
CARICES 13
FAIRIES 10
FARCIES 13
FIACRES 13
6 letter words with the letters SACRIFICE ↑
CARIES 9
CASEIC 12
CERCIS 12
CERIAS 9
CRISIC 12
ERICAS 9
FACERS 12
FACIES 12
FARCES 12
FARCIE 12
FERIAS 9
FIACRE 12
FRAISE 9
SCARCE 12
5 letter words with the letters SACRIFICE ↑
ACRES 8
AFIRE 8
AREIC 8
ARISE 5
CAFES 11
CARES 8
CARSE 8
CERCI 11
CERIA 8
CERIC 11
CIRCA 11
CIRES 8
CRIES 8
ERICA 8
ESCAR 8
FACER 11
FACES 11
FAIRS 8
FARCE 11
FARCI 11
FARES 8
FEARS 8
FERIA 8
FIARS 8
FICES 11
FIRES 8
FRIES 8
FRISE 8
ICIER 8
RACES 8
RAISE 5
REIFS 8
RICES 8
SAFER 8
SAICE 8
SCARE 8
SCARF 11
SERAC 8
SERAI 5
SERIF 8
4 letter words with the letters SACRIFICE ↑
ACES 7
ACRE 7
AIRS 4
ARCS 7
ARES 4
ARFS 7
ARSE 4
ASCI 7
CAFE 10
CARE 7
CARS 7
CASE 7
CECA 10
CIRE 7
CRIS 7
EARS 4
ERAS 4
FACE 10
FAIR 7
FARE 7
FEAR 7
FIAR 7
FICE 10
FIRE 7
FIRS 7
FISC 10
FRAE 7
ICES 7
IRES 4
IRIS 4
RACE 7
RAIS 4
RASE 4
RECS 7
REFS 7
REIF 7
REIS 4
RIAS 4
RICE 7
RIFE 7
RIFS 7
RISE 4
SAFE 7
SARI 4
SCAR 7
SEAR 4
SEIF 7
SERA 4
SERF 7
SICE 7
SIRE 4
3 letter words with the letters SACRIFICE ↑
ACE 6
AIR 3
AIS 3
ARC 6
ARE 3
ARF 6
ARS 3
CAR 6
CIS 6
EAR 3
EFS 6
ERA 3
ERS 3
FAR 6
FAS 6
FER 6
FIE 6
FIR 6
ICE 6
IFS 6
IRE 3
RAI 3
RAS 3
REC 6
REF 6
REI 3
RES 3
RIA 3
RIF 6
SAC 6
SAE 3
SEA 3
SEC 6
SEI 3
SER 3
SIC 6
SIR 3
SRI 3
2 letter words with the letters SACRIFICE ↑
AE 2
AI 2
AR 2
AS 2
EF 5
ER 2
ES 2
FA 5
FE 5
FI 5
IF 5
IS 2
RE 2
SI 2

You can also try words with the phrase SACRIFICE, words starting with the letters SACRIFICE, or words ending in the letters SACRIFICE.