Forfeit

Definitions

1. A penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor.
   countable, uncountable
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.
   countable, uncountable
3. Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine as part of a game.
   countable, uncountable
4. Injury; wrong; mischief.
   countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“That he our deadly forfeit should release⟳”

“He who murders pays the forfeit of his own⟳ life.”

“Thy slanders I forgive⟳; and therewithal / Remit thy other forfeits.”

“Country dances and forfeits shortened the rest⟳ of the day.”

“a. 1789, Barry St. Leger, Siege of Nicopolis to seek⟳ arms upon people and country that never did us any forfeit”

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