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forfeit
('f/O/rf/I/t )

adjective (a)

  • Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty(noun.possession)
    Synonym:
    forfeiture
    source: wordnet30
  • a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something(noun.possession)
    Example:
    The contract specified forfeits if the work was not completed on time.
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    forfeiture, sacrifice
    source: wordnet30
  • Injury; wrong; mischief.(noun)
    source: webster1913

preposition (pre)

  • In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation.(preposition)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

verb (v)

  • lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime(verb.possession)
    Example:
    You've forfeited your right to name your successor.
    Forfeited property.
    Synonym:
    forego, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waive
    Antonym:
    arrogate, claim, lay claim
    source: wordnet30
  • To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be deprived of; to alienate the right to possess, by some neglect or crime; as, to forfeit an estate by treason; to forfeit reputation by a breach of promise; -- with to before the one acquiring what is forfeited.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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