forgo

for·go also fore·go  (fôr-g, fr-)

tr.v. for·went also fore·went (-wnt), for·gone also fore·gone (-gôn, -gn), for·go·ing also fore·go·ing, for·goes also fore·goes

To abstain from; relinquish: unwilling to forgo dessert.

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[Middle English forgon, from Old English forgn, go away, forgo : for-, for- + gn, to go; see gh- in Indo-European roots.]

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for·goer n.

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forgo, forego [fɔːˈgəʊ]

vb -goes, -going, -went, -gone (tr)

1. to give up or do without

2. Archaic to leave

[Old English forgān; see for-, go¹]

forgoer , foregoer n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	forgo - do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas" foreswear, waive, relinquish, dispense with, forego kick, give up - stop consuming; "kick a habit"; "give up alcohol"
	2.	forgo - be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools" antecede, antedate, forego, precede, predate
	3.	forgo - lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property" forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forego abandon - forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot" lapse - let slip; "He lapsed his membership"

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forgo forego

verb give up, sacrifice, surrender, do without, kick (informal), abandon, resign, yield, relinquish, renounce, waive, say goodbye to, cede, abjure, leave alone or out The men would not forgo the chance of a feast.

Translations

forgo [fɔːˈgəʊ] (forwent (pt) (forgone (pp))) vt (do without) → rinunciare a, fare a meno di