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Definition forfeit

Etymology

Middle English from ca. 1300, from Old French forfait (�crime�), originally the past participle of forfaire (�to transgress�), and Medieval Latin foris factum. During the 15th century, the sense shifted from the crime to the penalty for the crime.

Noun

forfeit (countable and uncountable, plural forfeits)

1. A penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor.
2. A thing forfeited; that which is taken from somebody in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, breach of contract, etc.
3. Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine as part of a game.
4. (obsolete, rare) Injury; wrong; mischief.

Verb

forfeit (third-person singular simple present forfeits, present participle forfeiting, simple past and past participle forfeited or (rare) forfeit)

1. To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance
2. 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
3. To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.
4. To fail to keep an obligation.

Adjective

forfeit (not comparable)

1. Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.

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