"sacrifices" as noun
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.
"sacrifices" as verb
1 - To offer (something) as a gift to a deity.
2 - 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 - 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.
