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A
martyr
is someone who suffers
persecution
and later
assassination
or
death
for
advocating
or renouncing(to give up) or refusing to renounce(not giving up) or advocate, a
religious belief
or other cause as demanded by an external party.
Originally it was applied only to those who suffered for their religious beliefs but now the term has come to be used in connection with people killed for a political or
nationalist
cause as well.