OBLATION Synonyms

• the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result

• a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause

• act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity

• an amount of money contributed

• a writing for publication especially one of a collection of writings as an article or story

• complete and wholehearted fidelity

• a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose

• a message that makes a pledge

• a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something

• the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action

• a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause

• act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity

• something acquired without compensation

• natural abilities or qualities

• the act of giving

• give qualities or abilities to

• give as a present; make a gift of

• temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration

• being or existing in a specified place

• the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech

• something presented as a gift

• a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking

• give an exhibition of to an interested audience

• bring forward and present to the mind

• perform (a play), especially on a stage

• hand over formally

• offer for others to consider

• give, especially as an honor or reward

• give as a present; make a gift of

• deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)

• cause to come to know personally

• represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture

• present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize

• formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc.

• recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position

• the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.

• personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)

• a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value

• the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity

• (baseball) an out that advances the base runners

• endure the loss of

• kill or destroy

• sell at a loss

• make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals

• something given or done as an expression of esteem

• payment by one nation for protection by another

• payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence

• the act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist