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Definition of Forfeit

1. Noun. Something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty.

2. Verb. Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime. "Forfeited property"

3. Adjective. Surrendered as a penalty.

4. Noun. 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"

5. Noun. The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc..

Definition of Forfeit

1. n. Injury; wrong; mischief.

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

3. v. t. 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.

4. v. i. To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.

5. p. p. or a. In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation.

Definition of Forfeit

1. to lose as a penalty [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forfeit

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