for the sake of

English

Alternative forms

• for something's sake

Preposition

for the sake of

1. Because of; out of consideration for; in the interest of.

   Release this man, for the sake of justice!

Derived terms

• for God's sake
• for heaven's sake
• for fuck's sake
• for Pete's sake
• for goodness' sake
• for pity's sake
• for mercy's sake
• for Christ's sake

Translations

because of

• Arabic: في سبيل (ar) (fi sabīl), من أجل (ar) (min ʾujl)
• Belarusian: дзеля (be) (dzjélja) , зарадзі (be) (zarádzi) 
• Bulgarian: заради (bg) (zarádi) 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 為了 (cmn), 为了 (cmn) (wèile)

• Dutch: ter wille van (nl)
• Finnish: nimessä (fi), vuoksi (fi), takia (fi), tähden (fi)
• French: pour l'amour de (fr)

• German: wegen (de), um ... willen (de), halber (de)
• Hebrew: למען (he) (lema'an)
• Irish: de gheall ar (ga), as ucht (ga) (takes the genitive)
• Japanese: ...のために (ja) (... no tame ni), ...の為に (ja) (...のために, ...no tame ni)
• Persian: بخاطر - به جهت - براي (fa)
• Russian: ради (ru) (rádi)  (+ genitive case)
• Ukrainian: заради (uk) (zarády)