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affordable |
able to be obtained without excessive sacrifice of money or without incurring serious consequences. |
at all costs |
regardless of the effort or sacrifice necessary. |
atonement |
(cap.) in Christianity, the bringing into harmony of God and man through Jesus Christ's life and sacrifice. [1/3 definitions] |
at the expense of |
at the sacrifice of or cost of. |
cost |
loss or sacrifice. [2/6 definitions] |
expense |
loss or sacrifice. [1/4 definitions] |
gambit |
a tactic or maneuver designed to gain an advantage, esp. one that involves some sacrifice on one's part. [1/3 definitions] |
Golgotha |
(l.c.) a place or occasion of great suffering or sacrifice. [1/2 definitions] |
hecatomb |
in ancient Greece and Rome, a public sacrifice of one hundred cattle to the gods. [1/2 definitions] |
immolate |
to kill or offer as a sacrifice, esp. by burning. |
immolation |
an act or instance of killing as a sacrifice, esp. by burning. |
price |
the sacrifice accompanying a particular gain or result. [2/6 definitions] |
renunciation |
the act or an instance of giving up or rejecting something, usu. as a sacrifice; renouncing. |
sacrifice |
a person, animal, or thing offered as a sacrifice. [1/7 definitions] |
sacrificial |
of, concerning, or given up as a sacrifice. |
self-abnegation |
a setting aside of one's own interests or welfare for the sake of others'; self-denial; self-sacrifice. |
self-immolation |
the act of setting oneself on fire as a form of protest or sacrifice. |
supreme sacrifice |
the sacrifice of one's own life, esp. to save the life of another. |
unselfish |
apt to share with or sacrifice for others; generous. |
victim |
a living being that is killed and offered to a deity as part of religious practice or ceremony; sacrifice. [1/3 definitions] |
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