Need another word that means the same as “forfeit”? Find 26 synonyms and 30 related words for “forfeit” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Forfeit” are: forego, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waive, surrender, relinquish, hand over, deliver up, part with, yield, sacrifice, renounce, be stripped deprived of, be stripped of of, lose, forfeiture, penalty, fine, fee, charge, sanction, penance, confiscate, forfeited
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “forfeit” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| charge | The price charged for some article or service. Smaller charges fired on three minute fuses lit by hand. |
| fee | Money paid as part of a special transaction, for example for a privilege or for admission to something. An annual membership fee. |
| fine | Money extracted as a penalty. |
| forfeiture | Something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty. Magistrates ordered the forfeiture of his computer. |
| penalty | A payment required for not fulfilling a contract. A penalty corner. |
| penance | A religious observance or other duty required of a person by a priest as part of this sacrament to indicate repentance. He had done public penance for those hasty words. |
| sacrifice | An animal person or object offered in the act of sacrifice. The ancient laws of animal sacrifice. |
| sanction | A mechanism of social control for enforcing a society’s standards. It had the sanction of the church. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “forfeit” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| be stripped deprived of | Be priced at. |
| be stripped of of | Have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun. |
| deliver up | Hand over to the authorities of another country. |
| forego | Be earlier in time; go back further. |
| forgo | Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime. She wanted to forgo the tea and leave while they could. |
| give up | Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause. |
| hand over | Guide or conduct or usher somewhere. |
| lose | Miss from one s possessions lose sight of. Lose that creep. |
| part with | Go one’s own way; move apart. |
| relinquish | Do without or cease to hold or adhere to. He relinquished his managerial role to become chief executive. |
| renounce | Refuse or resign a right or position, especially one as an heir or trustee. Isabella offered to renounce her son s claim to the French Crown. |
| sacrifice | Make a sacrifice bid. In that event East West would sacrifice in six spades. |
| surrender | (in sport) lose (a point, game, or advantage) to an opponent. The president has surrendered to panic and is making things worse. |
| throw overboard | Make on a potter’s wheel. |
| waive | Refrain from insisting on or using (a right or claim. Her tuition fees would be waived. |
| yield | Be the cause or source of. He yielded to the demands of his partners. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “forfeit” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| confiscate | Surrendered as a penalty. |
| forfeited | Surrendered as a penalty. |
| abdicate | Fail to fulfil or undertake (a responsibility or duty. The King abdicated when he married a divorcee. |
| abeyant | Inactive but capable of becoming active. |
| abstain | Formally decline to vote either for or against a proposal or motion. Most pregnant women abstain or drink very little. |
| analgesia | Absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness. She was able to take analgesia orally. |
| arrogate | Take or claim (something) without justification. They arrogate to themselves the ability to divine the nation s true interests. |
| birthright | Personal characteristics that are inherited at birth. She saw a liberal education as the birthright of every child. |
| confiscate | Take or seize (someone’s property) with authority. The police confiscated the stolen artwork. |
| confiscation | Seizure by the government. A court ordered the confiscation of her property. |
| deprivation | The lack or denial of something considered to be a necessity. Sleep deprivation. |
| deprive | Prevent (a person or place) from having or using something. The city was deprived of its water supplies. |
| disenfranchise | Deprive (someone) of the rights and privileges of a free inhabitant of a borough, city, or country. A hard core of kids who are disenfranchised and don t feel connected to the school. |
| foreswear | Turn away from; give up. I am foreswearing women forever. |
| forfeited | Surrendered as a penalty. |
| forfeiture | Something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty. Magistrates ordered the forfeiture of his computer. |
| forgo | Do without or cease to hold or adhere to. She wanted to forgo the tea and leave while they could. |
| impound | Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority. It will impound a reservoir 130 miles long. |
| impoverish | Make poor. The soil was impoverished by annual burning. |
| kingship | The dignity or rank or position of a king. Edmund assumed kingship of Mercia. |
| loot | Money. A gang looted Rs 1 5 lakh from a passenger. |
| loss | A person who or thing that is badly missed when lost. He will be a great loss to many people. |
| property | Shares or investments in property. The property of heat to expand metal at uniform rates. |
| relinquish | Part with a possession or right. Relinquish your grip on the rope you won t fall. |
| renounce | Give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations. Isabella offered to renounce her son s claim to the French Crown. |
| seize | Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force take as one s right or possession. The patient was seized with unbearable pains. |
| steal | Move stealthily. A delicious languor was stealing over her. |
| surrender | The action of surrendering to an opponent or powerful influence. The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered. |
| take | Ascertain or determine by measuring computing or take a reading from a dial. It takes me about a quarter of an hour to walk to work. |
| usurp | Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one’s right or possession. Gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke. |
| usurpation | Wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority. A succession of generals who ruled by usurpation. |
| waive | Refrain from insisting on or using (a right or claim. Her tuition fees would be waived. |
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