forgoing

Noun

Meaning

of Forgo

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

renunciation forswearing temperance apostasy forsaking passing drop surrender preceding sacrifice aforementioned yielding abandonment renounce precede
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Antonyms

using working meeting ending performing calling
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Hypernyms

rejection

Hyponyms

forsaking denial self-denial abnegation self-abnegation self-renunciation

Examples

On the road to equality there is no better place for blacks to detour around American values than in forgoing its example in the treatment of its women and the organization of its family. Eleanor Holmes Norton

Ah, that we lack the courage of our romantic convictions; and thereby miss the wine of life, forgoing the very thing that makes living worthwhile. Hunter S. Thompson

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward. John Mortimer

If Congress doesn't raise taxes, you cannot get a private investment account without forgoing a portion, possibly all, of your guaranteed benefit check. Grace Napolitano

“The right and power of the court to pronounce sanction on whoever disobeys its order is inherent, by the reasons of the forgoing, the unrepentant conduct of the party cited. Source: Internet

Enthrone Darkness Triumphant, Dimmu Borgir's third album, "distinguished itself in two important areas, firstly forgoing their native language for English and secondly for its dramatic increase in synthesizer content". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

forgo leadership forgoable forgoer forgone forgot forgotten