Both Uses of
forfeit
in
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- Obviously I had forfeited my place in heaven forever, and I was as gutless as the doll I had ripped to pieces ages ago.
p. 86.8forfeited = lost (given up)
- Bailey had graduated the year before, although to do so he had had to forfeit all pleasures to make up for his time lost in Baton Rouge.
p. 171.6 *forfeit = give up
Definitions:
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(1)
(forfeit) to lose or surrender something -- often as a penalty
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, forfeit is used as a noun to reference that which was lost or surrendered.