define sacrifice!!?

Question

what does sacrifice really means to you?? is it sacrifice when you give away what you have??

Answer 1

It would be defined differently depending on the context in which it is used.

I personally consider sacrifice to be significantly compromising your personal health, wealth, happiness, personal convenience-or something of the like-for another entity, be it a job, a hobby or another person.

In that case, I would not consider merely giving away something you have to be sacrifice.

Answer 2

Sacrifice is usually associated with some form of killing to offer up to a Deity.The ultimate thing a person could do is die for another so that they may live.Catholics take part in the sacrifice of the mass where they join with the priest in the offering of the Eucharist and the sacrifice that Christ offered to us on the cross to forgive our sins .This would have to be the ultimate sacrifice anyone would do.

Answer 3

Sacrifice is whenever you give something away and later regrets that you have done so.

We always have an option. We always have the power to choose. And sometimes when we feel that we have chosen the wrong path, we then say to ourselves that we sacrified. That we let go of the other option. But in its true sense, we create our own sacrifices because we make our own decisions and choices. For me, there's no sacrifices. It's just we have found ourselves choosing the wrong option.

Answer 4

Giving up something of immediate value to you for someone Else's benefit, or for your own at a later date.

It might be a sacrifice to give away what you have, but not necessarily. If it has no current value to you (clothes that don't fit, money beyond your need, items easily replaceable....) then it's not a sacrifice. If there is no one who benefits, then it's not a sacrifice either (any type of benefit: material, spiritual or emotional).

Answer 5

1. The act of making an offering to a deity.
2. That which is sacrificed; a victim.
3. A giving up of something cherished or desired.
4. Loss incurred or suffered without return.
5. A reduction of price that leaves little profit or involves loss.
6. To give something up for the sake of something else; to sacrifice one's principles for expediency.

Answer 6

To me it is like saying I wanted this job and this other person I know really wanted it and needed it more badly than me even though I knew I could get the job over them, I would walk away so they would have a better chance to get it.
Or if I knew I was on my death bed already I would sacrifice dying to give another person a chance to live, if they needed something to keep them living.

Answer 7

sacrifice means surrendering oneself towards GOD. u say it is a sacrifice when it is dedicated to someone - whether their country or towards their religion for a good cause. sacrifice does not mean that u should give away things u want to get rid of ,but giving for our own satisfaction and for someone else's happiness .

Answer 8

If you gave away all you owned, you would still be alive and you certainly wouldn't want to give that up, would you? That is is the ultimate sacrifice. For me, hands down I would die the most painful and torturous death if it meant my children would live.

Answer 9

Giving up or losing something, to make someone else happy.
I don't think charity is sacrifice because it's not really hurting you and you don't know or see the person who benefits from it.

Answer 10

The distinction here is between a sacrifice and an investment, a value exchange involving two or more persons.

If you 'sacrifice', you decrease your "life capital" or values--money, time, effort, intelligence, honesty--etc. for a lesser value or nothing at all, or give it to someone less worthy than you.

If you 'invest', you decrease your "life capital" or values-
money, time, effort, intelligence, honesty, etc.--for a higher value, regardless of whom you permit to enjoy that value when you distribute it, but in the distribution phase you give it to who deserves it the most.