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We had to forfeit the deposit.forfeit = lose
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The team was half an hour late and had to forfeit the game.forfeit = give up as lost
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The Patriots had to forfeit a first round draft pick because they were caught videotaping the defensive signals of the New York Jets.forfeit = give up (lose)
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"If we stop now, we'll have to forfeit the match!" said Harry. (source)
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Absent pairs forfeit the $10,000; their clues will be held until the next session. (source)forfeit = lose
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Gracious and most golden one, he says — the beggar's standard address to a prospective benefactor — rumour of your extreme beauty has brought me here, though simply by being here my life is forfeit. (source)forfeit = lost
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I'll forfeit any money owed to me. (source)forfeit = give up
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I remember thinking that he probably loved me in his own smallish way. He had forfeited me over, hadn't he? I still tell myself that when he drove away that day he wasn't saying good riddance; he was saying, Oh, Lily, you're better off there in that house of colored women. (source)forfeited = surrendered to another
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Hit said thangs like 'A female by one transgression forfeits her place in society forever.'† (source)
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Of course this meant forfeiting his magic.† (source)
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ten times faster Venus' pigeons fly To seal love's bonds new made than they are wont To keep obliged faith unforfeited!† (source)unforfeited = not surrendered or loststandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unforfeited means not and reverses the meaning of forfeited. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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The rules stated that if a member obtained a divorce, she would be forced to resign and forfeit her dues. (source)forfeit = lose (give up any claim to)
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The big game had been forfeited, and everyone in the entire school was miserable. (source)forfeited = lost due to not being there to play
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Neutrality is respected only when defended by adequate power; a weak nation forfeits even the privilege of being neutral.† (source)
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Of course, you're forfeiting any chance of collecting a million francs-or, as you suggested, perhaps a great deal more.† (source)
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Sooner or later I'm bound to lose too, and when I do, what will they expect me to forfeit? (source)forfeit = give up
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