Sacrifice

Doing without something of value, or offering it to a deity, for the sake of symbolizing love, to detach one's self from material or spiritual things, or to gain something spiritual.

1. Sacrifice can result in loss without gain for either the actor or the one on whose behalf the sacrifice is done.

1. Sacrificing present generations for the future
2. Sacrificing political power
3. Sacrificing political ideals
4. Sacrificing personal interests
5. Sacrificing national interests
6. Sacrificing humans
7. Sacrificing countries
8. Sacrificing animals
9. Respecting self-sacrifice
10. Martyrdom
11. Making religious sacrifice

1. Acting as a human shield

1. Victimization

1. Self-sacrifice
2. Sacrifice