forfeiting

verb

present participle of forfeit
1
as in waiving

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2
as in losing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forfeiting
  1. waiving
  2. losing
  3. committing
  4. entrusting
  5. renouncing
Verb
  • Without first waiving Potter (or making a different cost-saving move), signing Nance would not have been possible.
    — Tony East, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • By contrast, relatives who serve in this role often choose not to accept payment because waiving compensation can have tax advantages.
    — Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 29 July 2026
Definition of waiving
Verb
  • After all, Femi, after losing once to Lesnar, has no business losing to anyone else on WWE’s roster anytime soon.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Those allegations had resulted in her losing custody of her children long before the shooting.
    — Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of losing
Verb
  • Jones is accused of committing nine offenses against the man, including kissing him multiple times without consent and touching the man’s genitals while the man was driving.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Dalke earned significant media attention as a young golf prospect, committing to a scholarship at the University of Oklahoma at the age of 12.
    — Leon Imber, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of committing
Verb
  • Of course, entrusting waste management to gangsters and racketeers has repercussions.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 July 2026
  • Vance is still the default nominee, and Trump entrusting him with an Iran deal that could make or break his presidency is a sign of Vance’s clout, the person added.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 28 June 2026
Definition of entrusting
Verb
  • Mark Ford Rosemary Tonks emulated French Symbolist poets before converting to Christianity and renouncing all her own works.
    — The New York Review of Books, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026
  • Corbett, of Palatine, announced his independent candidacy days after renouncing the current state of the Republican Party and dropping his consulting business work with GOP contenders.
    — Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2026
Definition of renouncing
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