"forfeit" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɔː.fɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɔɹ.fɪt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-forfeit.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)fɪt Etymology: Middle English forfait from ca. 1300, from Old French forfait (“crime”), originally the past participle of forfaire (“to transgress”), and Medieval Latin foris factum. During the 15th century, the sense shifted from the crime to the penalty for the crime. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forfait}} Middle English forfait, {{der|en|fro|forfait||crime}} Old French forfait (“crime”), {{m|fro|forfaire||to transgress}} forfaire (“to transgress”), {{m|la|foris factum}} foris factum, {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}} Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} forfeit (not comparable)
  1. Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure. Tags: not-comparable Translations (lost or alienated): verwirkt (German), förverkad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-forfeit-en-adj-9xqakT3T

Noun

IPA: /ˈfɔː.fɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɔɹ.fɪt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-forfeit.ogg [US] Forms: forfeits [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)fɪt Etymology: Middle English forfait from ca. 1300, from Old French forfait (“crime”), originally the past participle of forfaire (“to transgress”), and Medieval Latin foris factum. During the 15th century, the sense shifted from the crime to the penalty for the crime. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forfait}} Middle English forfait, {{der|en|fro|forfait||crime}} Old French forfait (“crime”), {{m|fro|forfaire||to transgress}} forfaire (“to transgress”), {{m|la|foris factum}} foris factum, {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}} Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} forfeit (countable and uncountable, plural forfeits)
  1. A penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (penalty): глоба (globa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pena [feminine] (Catalan), Strafe [feminine] (German), πρόστιμο (próstimo) [neuter] (Greek), τίμημα (tímima) [neuter] (Greek), pionós [masculine] (Irish), جزا (jazâ) (Persian), penalidade [feminine] (Portuguese), распла́та (raspláta) [feminine] (Russian), штраф (štraf) [masculine] (Russian), penále [neuter] (Slovak), pokuta [feminine] (Slovak), penalización [feminine] (Spanish), неусто́йка (neustójka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), штраф (štraf) [masculine] (Ukrainian), пеня́ (penjá) [feminine] (Ukrainian), розпла́та (rozpláta) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-forfeit-en-noun-iNKzycr3 Disambiguation of 'penalty': 91 2 5 3
  2. A thing forfeited; that which is taken from somebody in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, breach of contract, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-forfeit-en-noun-qWDNoTxk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 4 26 13 5 14 4 16 2 14 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 4 25 12 6 14 5 15 3 15
  3. Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine as part of a game. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Something deposited and redeemable): penyora [feminine] (Catalan), gage [masculine] (French), prenda [feminine] (Galician), Pfand [neuter] (German), prenda [feminine] (Portuguese), prenda [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-forfeit-en-noun-TD3ENoul Disambiguation of 'Something deposited and redeemable': 3 11 81 5
  4. (obsolete, rare) Injury; wrong; mischief. Tags: countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-forfeit-en-noun-CS3RQOY2

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɔː.fɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɔɹ.fɪt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-forfeit.ogg [US] Forms: forfeits [present, singular, third-person], forfeiting [participle, present], forfeited [participle, past], forfeited [past], forfeit [participle, past, rare], forfeit [past, rare]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)fɪt Etymology: Middle English forfait from ca. 1300, from Old French forfait (“crime”), originally the past participle of forfaire (“to transgress”), and Medieval Latin foris factum. During the 15th century, the sense shifted from the crime to the penalty for the crime. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forfait}} Middle English forfait, {{der|en|fro|forfait||crime}} Old French forfait (“crime”), {{m|fro|forfaire||to transgress}} forfaire (“to transgress”), {{m|la|foris factum}} foris factum, {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}} Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=forfeit|past2_qual=rare}} forfeit (third-person singular simple present forfeits, present participle forfeiting, simple past and past participle forfeited or (rare) forfeit)
  1. To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance Translations (to suffer the loss): губя (gubja) (Bulgarian), лишавам се от (lišavam se ot) (Bulgarian), perdre (Catalan), desmerèixer (Catalan), desistir (Catalan), miste (Danish), forspilde (Danish), fortabe (Danish), verkwanselen (Dutch), verliezen (Dutch), verspelen (Dutch), perdre (French), démériter (French), verwirken (German), einbüßen (German), στερούμαι (steroúmai) (Greek), perdar (Ido), desmeritar (Ido), perdo (Latin), از دست دادن (az dast dâdan) (Persian), stracić (Polish), perder (Portuguese), утра́чивать (utráčivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), утра́тить (utrátitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), лиша́ться (lišátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), лиши́ться (lišítʹsja) [perfective, with-genitive] (Russian), caill (Scottish Gaelic), izgubiti (Serbo-Croatian), prepadnúť (Slovak), stratiť (Slovak), perder (Spanish), desmerecer (Spanish), desistir (Spanish), förverka (Swedish), இழ (iḻa) (Tamil)
    Sense id: en-forfeit-en-verb-LGrXFoVk Disambiguation of 'to suffer the loss': 88 7 2 2 2
  2. To lose a contest, game, match, or other form of competition by voluntary withdrawal, by failing to attend or participate, or by violation of the rules Synonyms (lose a contest): capitulate, surrender, disqualify Synonyms (voluntarily give up): forgo, withgo
    Sense id: en-forfeit-en-verb-BRenPN2l Disambiguation of 'lose a contest': 4 89 2 2 3 Disambiguation of 'voluntarily give up': 9 65 10 5 12
  3. To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.
    Sense id: en-forfeit-en-verb-HshxDr2D
  4. To fail to keep an obligation.
    Sense id: en-forfeit-en-verb-aB1G912V
  5. (law) Of government officials: to legally remove property from its previous owners. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-forfeit-en-verb-bIyjXhd~ Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: forfeitable, forfeiter, forfeits, forfeiture, nonforfeited, nonforfeiting, nonforfeiture Translations (to give up in defeat): rendir-se (Catalan), abandonar (Catalan), prohrát kontumačně (Czech), opgeven (Dutch), verbeuren (Dutch), abandonner (French), déclarer forfait (French), aufgeben (German), χάνω (cháno) (Greek), felad (Hungarian), abandonar (Ido), zrzec się (Polish), zrezygnować (Polish), render-se (Portuguese), desistir (Portuguese), abandonar (Portuguese), сдава́ться (sdavátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), сда́ться (sdátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), predati (Serbo-Croatian), vzdať (Slovak), rendir (english: se) (Spanish), abandonar (Spanish), förlora på walk over (Swedish), lämna walk over (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'to give up in defeat': 20 25 18 13 24

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          "word": "forspilde"
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          "sense": "to suffer the loss",
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          "_dis1": "88 7 2 2 2",
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          "_dis1": "88 7 2 2 2",
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          "_dis1": "88 7 2 2 2",
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          "_dis1": "88 7 2 2 2",
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          "_dis1": "88 7 2 2 2",
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          "_dis1": "88 7 2 2 2",
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          "_dis1": "88 7 2 2 2",
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          "_dis1": "88 7 2 2 2",
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          "_dis1": "88 7 2 2 2",
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          "_dis1": "88 7 2 2 2",
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          "_dis1": "88 7 2 2 2",
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          "_dis1": "88 7 2 2 2",
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          "_dis1": "88 7 2 2 2",
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          "_dis1": "88 7 2 2 2",
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          "text": "Because only nine players were present, the football team was forced to forfeit the game.",
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        "(law) Of government officials: to legally remove property from its previous owners."
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɔɹ.fɪt/",
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      "_dis1": "20 25 18 13 24",
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      "_dis1": "20 25 18 13 24",
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      "tags": [
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      "_dis1": "20 25 18 13 24",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "penalty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pionós"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "jazâ",
      "sense": "penalty",
      "word": "جزا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "penalidade"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raspláta",
      "sense": "penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "распла́та"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "penalty",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "penále"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pokuta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "penalización"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "neustójka",
      "sense": "penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "неусто́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "štraf",
      "sense": "penalty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "штраф"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "penjá",
      "sense": "penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пеня́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozpláta",
      "sense": "penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "розпла́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Something deposited and redeemable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "penyora"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Something deposited and redeemable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gage"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Something deposited and redeemable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prenda"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Something deposited and redeemable",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Pfand"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Something deposited and redeemable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prenda"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Something deposited and redeemable",
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        "feminine"
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}

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          "text": "He forfeited his last chance of an early release from jail by repeatedly attacking another inmate.",
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          "text": "Because only nine players were present, the football team was forced to forfeit the game.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress."
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      "glosses": [
        "To fail to keep an obligation."
      ]
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          "ref": "2024 January 23, Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr., Snitko v. United States, archived from the original on 2024-01-24",
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    {
      "sense": "lose a contest",
      "word": "capitulate"
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      "sense": "lose a contest",
      "word": "surrender"
    },
    {
      "sense": "lose a contest",
      "word": "disqualify"
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      "sense": "voluntarily give up",
      "word": "forgo"
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      "sense": "voluntarily give up",
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gubja",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "губя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lišavam se ot",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "лишавам се от"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "perdre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "desmerèixer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "desistir"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "miste"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "forspilde"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "fortabe"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "verkwanselen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "verliezen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "verspelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "perdre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "démériter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "verwirken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "einbüßen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "steroúmai",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "στερούμαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "perdar"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "desmeritar"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "perdo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "az dast dâdan",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "از دست دادن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "stracić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "perder"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "utráčivatʹ",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "утра́чивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "utrátitʹ",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "утра́тить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lišátʹsja",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "лиша́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lišítʹsja",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "tags": [
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        "with-genitive"
      ],
      "word": "лиши́ться"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "caill"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "izgubiti"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "prepadnúť"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "stratiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "perder"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "desmerecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "desistir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "förverka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "iḻa",
      "sense": "to suffer the loss",
      "word": "இழ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to give up in defeat",
      "word": "rendir-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to give up in defeat",
      "word": "abandonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to give up in defeat",
      "word": "prohrát kontumačně"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to give up in defeat",
      "word": "opgeven"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to give up in defeat",
      "word": "verbeuren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to give up in defeat",
      "word": "abandonner"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to give up in defeat",
      "word": "déclarer forfait"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to give up in defeat",
      "word": "aufgeben"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "cháno",
      "sense": "to give up in defeat",
      "word": "χάνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to give up in defeat",
      "word": "felad"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to give up in defeat",
      "word": "abandonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to give up in defeat",
      "word": "zrzec się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to give up in defeat",
      "word": "zrezygnować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to give up in defeat",
      "word": "render-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to give up in defeat",
      "word": "desistir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to give up in defeat",
      "word": "abandonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sdavátʹsja",
      "sense": "to give up in defeat",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сдава́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sdátʹsja",
      "sense": "to give up in defeat",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сда́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to give up in defeat",
      "word": "predati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to give up in defeat",
      "word": "vzdať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "se",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to give up in defeat",
      "word": "rendir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to give up in defeat",
      "word": "abandonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to give up in defeat",
      "word": "förlora på walk over"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to give up in defeat",
      "word": "lämna walk over"
    }
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  "word": "forfeit"
}

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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɔɹ.fɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)fɪt"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-forfeit.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9e/En-us-forfeit.ogg/En-us-forfeit.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/En-us-forfeit.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lost or alienated",
      "word": "verwirkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "lost or alienated",
      "word": "förverkad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forfeit"
}

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