Pronunciation

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Plain form
forfeit

Third-person singular
forfeits

Past tense
forfeited

Past participle
forfeited

Present participle
forfeiting

  1. If you forfeit a something you have, etc, you lose it because you broke a law or rule.
    By failing to feed them, they forfeited their right to their children.
    When he saw that he couldn't win, he forfeited the game.

Singular
forfeit

Plural
forfeits

  1. (countable) Forfeit is the thing that you pay or lose because you broke a law or rule.