n. | 1. | Injury; wrong; mischief. |
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; | |
3. | Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine; - whence the game of forfeits. | |
a. | 1. | Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure. |
v. t. | 1. | 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; |
v. i. | 1. | To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress. |
2. | To fail to keep an obligation. | |
p. p. | 1. | In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation. |
Noun | 1. | forfeit - something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty; Synonyms: forfeiture |
2. | forfeit - 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" Synonyms: forfeiture | |
3. | ![]() Synonyms: sacrifice, forfeiture | |
Verb | 1. | forfeit - lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime |
Adj. | 1. | forfeit - surrendered as a penalty Synonyms: confiscate, forfeited |