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Forfeiting

To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance

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📖 Definitions of "Forfeiting"

verb

1
To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance
"He forfeited his last chance of an early release from jail by repeatedly attacking another inmate."
2
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
"Because only nine players were present, the football team was forced to forfeit the game."
3
To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.
4
To fail to keep an obligation.

noun

1
The act by which something is forfeited or surrendered; a giving up.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Forfeiting"

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Word	Definition
forfeiturenoun	(law) The loss of forfeit property.
waiveverb	(transitive, law) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.
confiscateverb	(transitive) To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
give upverb	(transitive) To stop or quit (an activity, etc.)
forgoverb	To do without (something enjoyable); to relinquish.
lost	In an unknown location; unable to be found.
renderverb	(transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
sacrificeverb	(figurative) The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; also, the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose.
throw overboardverb	(transitive) To throw off a boat into the water; to jettison
confiscationnoun	The act or process of confiscating.
expropriationnoun	The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property without material compensation; the act of depriving oneself of private propriety rights.
seizureverb	(medicine, pathology) A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).
seizingnoun	The act of grabbing or taking possession.
losingnoun	That loses or has lost.
wastingnoun	Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.
loosingverb	Misspelling of losing.
confiscatingverb	(transitive) To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
reforfeiturenoun	The act of forfeiting something again.
surrenderingverb	An act of surrender.
relinquishmentnoun	The act of relinquishing something.