Final cause; end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive; reason; interest; concern; account; regard or respect; -- used chiefly in such phrases as,
for the sake of,
for his sake,
for man's sake,
for mercy's sake, and the like;
as, to commit crime for the sake of gain; to go abroad for the sake of one's health.
“Moved with wrath and shame and ladies'
sake.”
— Spenser.
“I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake.”
— Gen. viii. 21.
“Will he draw out,
For anger's
sake, finite to infinite?”
— Milton.
“Knowledge is for the
sake of man, and not man for the
sake of knowledge.”
— Sir W. Hamilton.