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forfeit

noun as in something given as sacrifice

verb as in give up something in sacrifice

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The NFL previously told teams they could face forfeits if any outbreaks are attributable to unvaccinated players or staffers and affected games can’t be rescheduled.

When prisoners learned from Zimbardo that they would have to forfeit any money they’d already earned if they left before the experiment ended, their solidarity plummeted, and the guards crushed their resistance.

The government has essentially hired a bank to store and sell billions of dollars worth of forfeited cryptocurrency, including troves of bitcoin and ethereum.

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As part of the settlement, the company agreed to forfeit the objects, pay a $3 million fine and submit to federal oversight.

Instead, a team that can’t suit up enough players would forfeit the game.

To risk eye contact with any of the above is to forfeit all singles in your wallet.

Last September, Sexton pleaded guilty in New York state court to money laundering and agreed to forfeit $600,000.

Is there anything Zarif could do to forfeit his credentials as a “moderate”?

Crackpots eventually reveal themselves as such, and forfeit their influence in consequence.

Individuals who are found to store their weapons unsafely could forfeit for a time their ownership rights.

The statute of that year provided that every offender should forfeit the sum of twelve pence.

And when they told him no, he was most likely to give a nod to Herbert, which meant that the captives' heads were forfeit.

They surround their plunderers, attack them without fear, and frequently make their lives pay the forfeit of their rashness.

By what forfeit has he merited becoming the eternal object of the anger of that God who created him?

But if he guessed wrong, he was to forfeit his life, and the magician would have his beautiful blue eyes.

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On this page you'll find 47 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to forfeit, such as: cost, damage(s), fine, loss, mulct, and penalty.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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