'Forfeit' definitions:
Definition of 'forfeit'
From: WordNet
adjective
Surrendered as a penalty [syn: confiscate, forfeit, forfeited]
noun
Something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty; [syn: forfeit, forfeiture]
noun
A penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something; "the contract specified forfeits if the work was not completed on time" [syn: forfeit, forfeiture]
noun
The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. [syn: forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice]
verb
Definition of 'Forfeit'
From: GCIDE
- Forfeit \For"feit\, v. i.
- 1. To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. To fail to keep an obligation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- I will have the heart of him if he forfeit. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Forfeit'
From: GCIDE
- Forfeit \For"feit\, p. p. or a. In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Once more I will renew His laps[`e]d powers, though forfeite. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Forfeit'
From: GCIDE
- Forfeit \For"feit\, a. [F. forfait, p. p. of forfaire. See Forfeit, n.] Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure. [1913 Webster]
- Thy wealth being forfeit to the state. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To tread the forfeit paradise. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Forfeit'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Forfeit'
From: GCIDE
- Forfeit \For"feit\, n. [OE. forfet crime, penalty, F. forfait crime (LL. forefactum, forifactum), prop. p. p. of forfaire to forfeit, transgress, fr. LL. forifacere, prop., to act beyond; L. foris out of doors, abroad, beyond + facere to do. See Foreign, and Fact.]
- 1. Injury; wrong; mischief. [Obs. & R.] [1913 Webster]
- To seek arms upon people and country that never did us any forfeit. --Ld. Berners. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a fine; a mulct; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life. [1913 Webster]
- Thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal Remit thy other forfeits. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine; -- whence the game of forfeits. [1913 Webster]
- Country dances and forfeits shortened the rest of the day. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'forfeit'
From: Moby 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