Definition of Forfeit
Verb: forfeit for-fit
- Lose (something) or lose the right to (something) by some error, offence, or crime
"you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property";
- give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego
- Surrendered as a penalty
- confiscate, forfeited
- Something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty;
- forfeiture
- A penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something
"the contract specified forfeits if the work was not completed on time";
- forfeiture
- The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- forfeiture, sacrifice
See also:
foreyards
forfeitable
Anagrams containing the word forfeit