"sacrifice" - Heb.  "korvan" - "intended as a gift to God."

"Sacrifice" is the sacrifice of certain human values and interests in the name of someone or something.

"Sacrifice," a "sacrifice" to God, is the fulfillment of God's Will as expressed in the Ten Commandments, which is the most important, the only true "Sacrifice" that one must make to God.

"Sacrifice" is a symbol of "offering," of giving the best of man's varied faculties to the fulfillment of God's Commandments and the Gospel Doctrine of Jesus Christ, of dedicating one's whole life to the realization in man of the Holy Spirit of God's Word.

"Sacrifice" is also a person's selfless service for the benefit of others.

Negative Meaning:

"Sacrifice" "impure" is devoted service to various religious, political and other idols, cults, pagan beliefs, performing political, religious and other rituals, giving one's time, physical and intellectual strength to do that which God condemns, rejects by His Laws, Covenants.

 "Sacrifice to Baalam" is the worship of nations by violent political, false religious and other systems and their leaders, following pernicious ideologies, dogmas and their founders.

"Unholy sacrifices" are all religious service based on worship of cults, rituals, and tainted with rejection, clear violations, and perversion of God's Commandments.