3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Forfeit \For"feit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forfeited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forfeiting}.] [OE. forfeten. See {Forfeit}, n.] 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. [1913 Webster] [They] had forfeited their property by their crimes. --Burke. [1913 Webster] Undone and forfeited to cares forever! --Shak. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: forfeited adj : surrendered as a penalty [syn: {confiscate}, {forfeit}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 20 Moby Thesaurus words for "forfeited": ablated, by the board, consumed, depleted, dissipated, eroded, expended, forfeit, gone, irretrievable, long-lost, lost, lost to, out the window, shrunken, squandered, used, used up, wasted, worn away
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