Forfeit

Noun

 * 1) a penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor
 *  That he our deadly forfeit should release (John Milton, On the Morning of Christ's Nativity, 1629)

Verb

 * 1) To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance
 * He forfeited his last chance of an early release from jail by repeatedly attacking another inmate.
 * 1) To lose a contest, game, match, or other form of competition by voluntary withdrawal, by failing to attend or participate, or by violation of the rules
 * Because only nine players were present, the football team was forced to forfeit the game.

Adjectives for Forfeit
unredeemable; profitless; vain.

Verbs for Forfeit
call—; demand—; exact—; impose—; incur—; lose—; offer—; pay—; penalize with —; punish with—; redeem—; remit—; subject to—; take—; —clears; —deprives; — redeems; —releases; —ruins.

Adverbs for Forfeit
automatically; legally; irrevocably; inevitably; provisionally; nominally.

Synonyms for Forfeit

 * capitulate, surrender
 * forgo
 * loss, fine, penalty, mulct, damages, amercement, relinquishment.

Antonyms for Forfeit
gain, victory, profit, reward.

Derived terms

 * forfeits
 * nonforfeited
 * nonforfeiting
 * nonforfeiture

Thesaurus
amercement, be bereaved of, bereavement, caution, caution money, charge, collateral, collateral security, cost, damage, damages, dead loss, debit, default, denial, denudation, deposit, deprivation, despoilment, destruction, detriment, dispossession, distraint, distress, divestment, drop, escheat, escheatment, expense, fee, fine, forfeiture, forgo, forgone, give over, give up, go astray from, incur loss, injury, kiss good-bye, let slip, lose, lose out, loser, losing, losing streak, loss, lost, margin, mislay, misplace, miss, mulct, penalty, perdition, privation, relinquish, relinquished, renounce, renounced, robbery, ruin, sacrifice, sconce, sequestration, spoliation, stake, stripping, suffer loss, surrender, surrendered, taking away, total loss, undergo privation, waive, waived, wander from, yielded

Etymology
Middle English from ca. 1300, from Old French forfait "crime", originally the past participle of forfaire "transgress", ad Middle Latin foris factum. During the 15th century, the sense shifted from the crime to the pentalty for the crime.

Noun

 * Irish: pionós

Verb

 * Bosnian:
 * German: verwirken (1), aufgeben (2)
 * Latin:
 * Polish:


 * Portuguese: perder (1), desistir (2)
 * Russian:, лишаться
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:


 * Bosnian:
 * Polish: zrzec się, zrezygnować
 * Portuguese: render-se


 * Russian: сдаваться
 * Spanish: rendir(se)