forfeit

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1. forfeit - Noun

2. forfeit - Adjective

3. forfeit - Verb

5. forfeit - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Injury; wrong; mischief.

A thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a fine; a mulct; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life.

Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine; -- whence the game of forfeits.

Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.

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.

To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.

In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation.

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you've forfeited your right to name your successor Source: Internet

forfeited property Source: Internet

the contract specified forfeits if the work was not completed on time Source: Internet

Abang warned that if Maina jumped bail in an unlikely event, the court might either order the remand of Ndume in a correctional centre or for the surety to forfeit the penal sum. Source: Internet

A forfeit to Brett Zattoni (17-13) at 182 gave the Bison an 11 point lead, 23-12. Source: Internet

After jumping out to a 7-4 advantage, Irwin earned a forfeit win over George Ayers, who could not finish the match. Source: Internet

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