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| Main Entry: |
sacrifice
[sak-ruh-fahys]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up, let go |
| Synonyms: | cede, drop, endure, eschew, forfeit, forgo, immolate, kiss goodbye, lose, offer, offer up, part with, renounce, resign oneself to, spare, suffer, surrender, waive, yield |
| Antonyms: | hold, refuse |
| Main Entry: | bunt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit half-heartedly |
| Synonyms: | butt, lay it down, meet, sacrifice, throw, toss |
| Main Entry: | contribute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | donate, provide |
| Synonyms: | accord, add, afford, ante up, assign, bequeath, bequest, bestow, chip in, come through, commit, confer, devote, dispense, dole out, dower, endow, enrich, furnish, give, give away, go Dutch, grant, hand out, kick in, pitch in, pony up, present, proffer, sacrifice, share, subscribe, subsidize, supply, sweeten the kitty, tender, will |
| Antonyms: | harm, hurt, neglect, oppose, shun, subtract, take, take away, withdraw, withhold |
| Main Entry: | deny |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree, renounce, decline |
| Synonyms: | abjure, abnegate, ban, begrudge, call on, contradict, contravene, controvert, curb, disacknowledge, disallow, disavow, disbelieve, discard, disclaim, discredit, disown, disprove, doubt, enjoin from, eschew, exclude, forbid, forgo, forsake, gainsay, hold back, keep back, negate, negative, not buy, nullify, oppose, rebuff, rebut, recant, refuse, refute, reject, repudiate, restrain, revoke, sacrifice, say no to, spurn, taboo, take exception to, turn down, turn thumbs down, veto, withhold |
| 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, go along, grant |
| Main Entry: | drop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon; ignore |
| Synonyms: | abort, adios, be alienated from, break with, call off, cancel, cast off, cease, desert, discontinue, dismiss, disown, ditch*, divorce, dust off, eighty-six, end, forfeit, forget about, forsake, give up, have done with, interrupt, jilt, kick*, leave, lose, part from, part with, quit, reject, relinquish, remit, renounce, repudiate, resign, sacrifice, scratch*, scrub, separate, shake, stop, terminate, throw over, wash out, waste one, wipe out, write off |
| 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, give up, have no truck with, let well enough alone, not touch, refrain, renounce, sacrifice, shun, shy, shy away from, steer clear of, swear off |
| Antonyms: | embrace, like, love |
| Main Entry: | forbear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | resist the temptation to |
| Synonyms: | abstain, avoid, bridle, cease, curb, decline, desist, escape, eschew, evade, forgo, go easy, hold back*, inhibit, keep, keep from, omit, pause, refrain, restrain, sacrifice, shun, stop, withhold |
| 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, be deprived of, be stripped of, drop, give over, lose, relinquish, renounce, sacrifice, surrender |
| 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, go on the wagon, leave alone, leave out, pack in, pass, pass on, pass up, quit, refrain, relinquish, renounce, resign, resist, sacrifice, sit out, surrender, swear off, take the cure, take the oath, waive, yield |
| Antonyms: | continue, indulge, keep, use |
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