forfeiting

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noun

The act by which something is forfeited or surrendered; a giving up.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of forfeit
nounforfeiting (plural forfeitings)

plural forfeitings

  1. The act by which something is forfeited or surrendered; a giving up.

    The finings and forfeitings of persons of substance and estates were innumerable, some of the last may come to be noticed in this chapter, and in the progress of this work.

    1832, Robert Wodrow, The History of the Suffering of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution
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APA

forfeiting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forfeiting

MLA

“forfeiting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forfeiting. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forfeiting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forfeiting.

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