FORFEIT vs SACRIFICE: NOUN
- A penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor
- A thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a fine; a mulct; a penalty.
- Injury; wrong; mischief.
- A transgression; a misdeed; a crime; a malicious injury.
- That to which the legal or moral right is lost by one's own act or failure to act, as by a breach of conditions or by a wrong deed or offense; hence, that which is taken or paid in forfeiture; a fine; a mulct; a penalty: as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life.
- Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine; hence, in the plural, a game in which articles deposited by individual players as forfeited by doing or omitting to do something are redeemable by some sportive fine or penalty imposed by the judge.
- Synonyms See list under forfeiture.
- In parlor games, an item placed in escrow and redeemed by paying a fine or performing an appointed task.
- A penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something
- Something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty;
- The act of forfeiting.
- A game in which forfeits are demanded.
- The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- A loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
- Personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
- The act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
- (sacrifice) an out that advances the base runners
- The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- Anything consecrated and offered to God, or to a divinity; an immolated victim, or an offering of any kind, laid upon an altar, or otherwise presented in the way of religious thanksgiving, atonement, or conciliation.
- The offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite.
- Surrender or loss of profit.
- The destruction, surrender, or giving up of some prized or desirable thing in behalf of a higher object, or to a claim considered more pressing; the loss incurred by devotion to some other person or interest; also, the thing so devoted or given up.
- That which is sacrificed; specifically, that which is consecrated and offered to a deity as an expression of thanksgiving, consecration, penitence, or reconciliation. See offering.
- The offering of anything to a deity; a consecratory rite.
- See Burnt offering, under Burnt.
- A sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly.
- A loss so sustained.
- Something so relinquished.
- A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
- In batting, a hit of such a kind that the batter loses his chance of tallying, but enables one or more who are on bases to get home or gain a base.
- Something given up in this way.
- The act of giving up something highly valued for the sake of something else considered to have a greater value or claim.
- A victim offered in this way.
- The act of offering something to a deity in propitiation or homage, especially the ritual slaughter of an animal or a person.
- Something sacrificed.
- A play in which the batter is intentionally out in order that runners can advance around the bases.
- Relinquishment of something at less than its presumed value.
FORFEIT vs SACRIFICE: ADJECTIVE
- Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.
- Lost or subject to loss through forfeiture.
- Surrendered as a penalty
- N/A
FORFEIT vs SACRIFICE: VERB
- To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance
- To lose a contest, game, match, or other form of competition by voluntary withdrawal, by failing to attend or participate, or by violation of the rules
- Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
- Lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime
- To give away (something valuable) to get at least a possibility to gain something else of value (such as self-respect, trust, love, freedom, prosperity), or to avoid an even greater loss.
- (chess) To intentionally give up (a piece) in order to improve one’s position on the board.
- (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.
- To trade (a value of higher worth) for one 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 offer (something) as a gift to a deity.
- Kill or destroy
- Sell at a loss
- Make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
- Endure the loss of
FORFEIT vs SACRIFICE: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To fail to keep an obligation.
- To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.
- To offer as a sacrifice to a deity.
- To give up (one thing) for another thing considered to be of greater value.
- To sell or give away at a loss.
- To kill (an animal) for purposes of scientific research or experimentation.
- To offer a sacrifice.
- To make a sacrifice.
- To make offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed on the altar; to offer sacrifice.
- To make a sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly.
FORFEIT vs SACRIFICE: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To subject to seizure as a forfeit.
- To lose or give up (something) on account of an offense, error, or failure to fulfill an agreement.
- To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be deprived of; to alienate the right to possess, by some neglect or crime; ; -- with to before the one acquiring what is forfeited.
- To make an offering of; to consecrate or present to a divinity by way of expiation or propitiation, or as a token acknowledgment or thanksgiving; to immolate on the altar of God, in order to atone for sin, to procure favor, or to express thankfulness.
- Hence, to destroy, surrender, or suffer to be lost, for the sake of obtaining something; to give up in favor of a higher or more imperative object or duty; to devote, with loss or suffering.
- To destroy; to kill.
FORFEIT vs SACRIFICE: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Lose (something) or lose the right to (something) by some error, offense, or crime
- Forfeited.
- To transgress; trespass; commit a fault.
- To subject to forfeiture.
- To yield up as a forfeiture.
- To cause the forfeiture of.
- To lose the legal or moral right to by one's own act or omission to act, usually by a breach of conditions or by a wrong act, offense, fault, crime, or neglect; become by one's own act liable to be deprived of.
- (past participle) In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation.
- To make an offering or sacrifice of; present as an expression of thanksgiving, consecration, penitence, or reconciliation.
- To surrender, give up, or suffer to be lost or destroyed for the sake of something else.
- To dispose of regardless of gain or advantage.
- Synonyms Sacrifice, Immolate. By the original meaning, sacrifice might apply to offerings of any sort, but immolate only to sacrifices of life: this distinction still continues, except that, as most sacrifices have been the offering of life, sacrifice has come to mean that presumably. It has taken on several figurative meanings, while immolate has come to seem a strong word, especially appropriate to the offering of a large number of lives or of a valuable life. Immolation is naturally for propitiation, while sacrifice may be for that or only for worship.
- To offer up a sacrifice; make offerings to a deity, especially by the slaughter and burning of victims, or of some part of them, on an altar.
- In base-ball, to make a fair hit, so as to advance a base-runner, while giving the opportunity to put out the batter.
- In religious rituals
- Make a sacrifice of
FORFEIT vs SACRIFICE: RELATED WORDS
- Cede, Forego, Withdraw, Surrender, Relinquish, Lose, Throw overboard, Render, Give up, Sacrifice, Lost, Forgo, Confiscate, Waive, Forfeiture
- Expense, Donate, Pain, Destroy, Slaughtering, Devote, Detriment, Slaughter, Pay, Dedication, Devotion, Ritual killing, Forfeiture, Give, Forfeit
FORFEIT vs SACRIFICE: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Earned, Seizure, Forsake, Accumulated, Quit, Seize, Forego, Surrender, Lose, Render, Give up, Lost, Confiscate, Waive, Forfeiture
- Consecration, Loss, Expense, Donate, Pain, Destroy, Devote, Detriment, Slaughter, Pay, Dedication, Devotion, Forfeiture, Give, Forfeit
FORFEIT vs SACRIFICE: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Early withdrawal will result in forfeit of bonuses.
- Only the Tournament Committee can declare a forfeit.
- Tiger Asia Hedge Funds to Forfeit Insider Gains.
- No, you do not forfeit your accrued bonus.
- Point could be forced to forfeit other games.
- In certain cases, a deposit may be forfeit.
- Stephen Hester will forfeit any unvested stock awards.
- The second time, you will forfeit your game.
- If the employee withdraws from the plan within five years, the matching shares are forfeit, and if within three years, dividend shares are forfeit.
- A season ago, the Eagles received a forfeit win over the Cardinals who went on to forfeit all of their games.
- When a sacrifice was given, the hands of the offerer were placed upon the sacrifice to show identification.
- The sacrifice of Christ brought to an end the rules and regulations regarding the daily Temple sacrifice.
- It is the only sacrifice which the offerer may eat some of the sacrifice, as well.
- The sacrifice of Abel was a sacrifice of atonement.
- Why do you think they would go to offer a sacrifice with nothing to sacrifice?
- Abram was about to sacrifice his son Isaac, but God provided a ram for the sacrifice instead.
- It was a sacrifice that anticipated the sacrifice of Jesus to cover all sin.
- Relating to a sacrifice; suitable or fit for sacrifice; saored, adorable.
- Other nations and cultures practiced sacrifice, often ultimately involving human sacrifice.
- Note it does not say sacrifices, it says sacrifice, meaning one sacrifice, meaning the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross.
FORFEIT vs SACRIFICE: QUESTIONS
- Why did Man Utd forfeit Wednesday's Premier League fixture?
- Why did Team USA forfeit at the World Junior Championship?
- Who can forfeit credit hours at the University of Arkansas?
- Would you forfeit all undergarments to follow a skinny trend?
- When does an employer have to forfeit non-vested benefits?
- Will Flynn have to forfeit military pay for Turkish employment?
- Who did Guymon (OK) football win by forfeit against?
- What constitutes a criminal conviction to forfeit property?
- Did forfeit win over Colorado adjust official record?
- Why are polymer banknotes more difficult to forfeit?
- Was animal sacrifice common in ancient Mesopotamia?
- Would Saturnyne sacrifice herself for the Omniverse?
- What can archaeologists learn from human sacrifice?
- Did the Teotihuacan whistles symbolize human sacrifice?
- Did the Mississippian culture practice human sacrifice?
- How did the conquistadors sacrifice at Tenochtitlan?
- Who is offered the Holy Sacrifice of the sacrifice?
- Can the sacrifice of the cross be identified as a sacrifice?
- Are there limits to how much you can sacrifice for salary sacrifice?
- How many creatures can you sacrifice with ultimate sacrifice?