Refuse and Sacrifice

Refuse

Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.

Show all Definitions

Sacrifice and refuse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sacrifice" instead a verb "Refuse".

Nearby Words: refused, refusal, refusing, refuser

Sacrifice verb - To give up as an offering to a god.

Show all Definitions

Refuse and sacrifice are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Refuse" instead a verb "Sacrifice".

person	refuse person	sacrifice person
girl	refuse girl	sacrifice girl
life	refuse life	sacrifice life
people	refuse people	sacrifice people
Other words: chance, hand, time, way, anyone.

As it turns out, you have to refuse to sacrifice anyone, since Anfini is The Power of Friendship and cannot be given to anyone who would sacrifice a friend in return for power.

Source: More Expendable Than You
Each time, he successfully wagers that they'll refuse to sacrifice their friends.

Source: Sadistic Choice / Anime and Manga
Men Are the Expendable Gender: Averted for the most part but Yoshi and Buruu refuse to let the women amongst the Stormdancer pairs be the ones to sacrifice their lives to close the Hell Gate.

Source: Literature / The Lotus War

Cite this Source

Sacrifice and Refuse. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/refuse/sacrifice

Refuse & Sacrifice. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/refuse/sacrifice>.

Sacrifice or Refuse. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/refuse/sacrifice.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "refuse" and "sacrifice" have occurred on timeline