for the sake of

English

Alternative forms

for something's sake

Preposition

for the sake of

Because of; out of consideration for; in the interest of.
Release this man, for the sake of justice!

Derived terms

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Translations

because of

Arabic: مِن أَجْلِ‎ (min ʾajli)
Egyptian Arabic: عشان‎ (ʿašaan)
Belarusian: дзеля (dzjélja), зарадзі (zarádzi)
Bulgarian: заради (bg) (zarádi)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 為了 (zh), 为了 (zh) (wèile)
Cornish: a-barth, bar'
Dutch: ter wille van (nl)
Finnish: nimessä, vuoksi (fi), takia (fi), tähden (fi)
French: pour l'amour de, dans l'intérêt de
Georgian: ხათრით (xatrit)
German: wegen (de), um ... willen (de), halber (de)
Greek:
Ancient Greek: ὑπέρ (hupér) (+ gen.)

Hebrew: למען‎ (lema'an), לִכְבוֹד‎ (likhvód)
Hungarian: érdekében, kedvéért (hu), végett, tekintettel (hu)
Irish: de gheall ar, as ucht (takes the genitive), ar son
Italian: per il bene di
Japanese: ...のために (ja) (... no tame ni), ...の為に (ja) (...のために, ...no tame ni)
Persian: بخاطر - به جهت - برای‎
Polish: na (pl)
Portuguese: pelo bem de
Russian: ра́ди (ru) (rádi) (+ genitive case)
Spanish: por amor a
Ukrainian: заради (zarády)
Welsh: er mwyn
Yiddish: לכּבֿוד‎ (lekoved)

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