forfeit
IPA: fˈɔrfɪt
noun
- A penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor.
- A thing forfeited; that which is taken from somebody in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, breach of contract, etc.
- Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine as part of a game.
- (obsolete, rare) Injury; wrong; mischief.
verb
- To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance
- To lose a contest, game, match, or other form of competition by voluntary withdrawal, by failing to attend or participate, or by violation of the rules
- To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.
- To fail to keep an obligation.
adjective
- Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.
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Examples of "forfeit" in Sentences
- He forfeited because of the heat.
- The game was forfeited and awarded.
- The league considered the game a forfeit.
- This causes the gang to forfeit the bowling game.
- He was attainted and the baronetcy was forfeited in 1691.
- The players' remaining salaries are forfeited to the team.
- The 8th baron was attainted and the barony forfeited in 1691.
- The dealing partnership forfeits the hand, and dealership is passed.
- Ritualism is the acceptance of the means but the forfeit of the goals.
- The earldom of Northumberland was forfeited by the victorious Yorkists.