verb, noun, adjective
verb [VN] to lose sth or have sth taken away from you because you have done sth wrong:
If you cancel your flight, you will forfeit your deposit. * He has forfeited his right to be taken seriously.
noun something that a person has to pay, or sth that is taken from them, because they have done sth wrong
adjective [notbeforenoun] (formal) taken away from sb as a punishment
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for forfeit is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does forfeit appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — forfeit appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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