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forfeited

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for·feit  (fôrft)
n.
1. Something surrendered or subject to surrender as punishment for a crime, an offense, an error, or a breach of contract.
2. Games
a. Something placed in escrow and then redeemed after payment of a fine.
b. forfeits A game in which forfeits are demanded.
3. A forfeiture.
adj.
Lost or subject to loss through forfeiture.
tr.v. for·feit·ed, for·feit·ing, for·feits
1. To surrender, be deprived of, or give up the right to on account of a crime, an offense, an error, or a breach of contract.
2. To subject to seizure as a forfeit.

[Middle English forfet, crime, penalty, from Old French forfait, past participle of forfaire, to commit a crime, act outside the law : fors-, beyond; see foreclose + faire, to do; see feasible.]

forfeit·a·ble adj.
forfeit·er n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.forfeited - surrendered as a penalty
lost - not gained or won; "a lost battle"; "a lost prize"

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He paid her only the compliment of attention; and she felt a respect for him on the occasion, which the others had reasonably forfeited by their shameless want of taste.
Meanwhile I should be subjected to no discomfort that was not necessary to preclude escape, and, unless I forfeited the privilege by misconduct, I should be occasionally permitted to see my brother who had preceded me to my prison.
Can it be that by eating he would have forfeited the position he claimed as one of the Twelve Gods?
 
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