forfeited Definition

forfeit
noun

1. Something that one must surrender as a penalty.
2. A penalty or fine for a crime.
3. A game in which a player surrenders an item (a forfeit) which can be won back only by performing a task, or fulfilling a challenge, set for them.

Form: forfeits (especially)

adj

1. Surrendered or liable to be surrendered as a penalty.

verb forfeited, forfeiting

1. To hand over as a penalty.

Example: forfeit his passport
2. To give up or do without voluntarily.

Thesaurus: lose, give up, relinquish, forgo, renounce, abandon, surrender, sacrifice.

Derivative: forfeitable
adj

Etymology: 14c: from French forfait, from Latin forisfactum penalty.