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Definition of Forgoing
1. Noun. The act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.).
Generic synonyms: Rejection
Specialized synonyms: Forsaking, Giving Up, Abnegation, Denial, Self-abnegation, Self-denial, Self-renunciation
Derivative terms: Forswear, Renounce
Definition of Forgoing
1. Verb. (third-person singular of forgo) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forgoing
1. forgo [v] - See also: forgo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forgoing
Literary usage of Forgoing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collections by CT Historical Society (1908)
"... mate on Sd Day and after Reeding the forgoing ... thy Chuse Coll° Andrew Todd
to moderat Sd meeting then after the Moderater had Cased the forgoing ..."
2. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1880)
"Owing largely, of course, to distances, but forgoing yet more to a tenacity of
customs no longer ..."
3. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, Joseph Torrey (1851)
"... let himself down at once, without any forgoing preparation, to this inferior
system, for the purpose of drawing upward to himself those higher and ..."
4. Report of the Great Conspiracy Case: The People of the State of Michigan by Abel F. Fitch, Warner Wing, Ammi Filley, Michigan Circuit Court (Wayne County) (1851)
"... have never settled with Clark, and don't know much I shall get—no price was
fixed upon; told him he would have to pay me well forgoing: the amount of ..."
5. Pacific States Reports by California Supreme Court, Idaho Supreme Court, Kansas Supreme Court, Montana Supreme Court, Nevada Supreme Court, Oregon Supreme Court, Utah Supreme Court, Washington (State). Supreme Court (1912)
"The respondent filed a motion for a rehearing, which was denied at the same term
for the reasons contained in the forgoing opinion. ..."
6. A Complete Encyclopedia of Virginia Law: Being a Concise But Complete by Samuel Need Hurst (1922)
"yaj 6 In this as in all the forgoing forms, the goods stolen may be iafa as the
property of any one having the actual or constructive ..."
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