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Forfeiture

nounid 54724·updated May 18, 2026
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the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.

polysemous

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Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
forfeitsacrifice
plural
Forfeitures
possessive
Forfeiture's
pluralpossessive
Forfeitures'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§1
the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
§2
a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something
§3
something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
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