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forgo
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for·go also fore·go  (fôr-g, fr-)
tr.v. for·went (-wnt), for·gone (-gôn, -gn), for·go·ing, for·goes
To abstain from; relinquish: unwilling to forgo dessert.

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

for·goer n.

forgo or forego
Verb
[-going, -went, -gone] to give up or do without [Old English forgān]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.forgo - do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"
kick, give up - stop consuming; "kick a habit"; "give up alcohol"
2.forgoforgo - be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
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"
abandon - forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"
lapse - let slip; "He lapsed his membership"

forgo or 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
Translations
Spanish forgo [pt forwent, pp forgone] [fɔːˈgəu, -ˈwɛnt, -ˈgɔn] vt (= give up) → renunciar a (= go without); privarse de
Italian forgo [pt forwent, pp forgone] [fɔːˈgəu, -ˈwɛnt, -ˈgɔn] vtrinunciare a

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