sake

sake is a Noun

Definition:

[1] Final cause; end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive; reason; interest; concern; account; regard or respect; -- used chiefly in such phrases as, for the sake, 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.