Forfeiture Synonyms

fôrfĭ-cho͝or, -chər
The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. abandonment
  2. giving-up
  3. forfeit
  4. relinquishment
  5. fine
  6. sacrifice
A penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. forfeit

Words Related to Forfeiture

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Forfeiture Sentence Examples

  • The law merely prescribes the forfeiture of all remission.

  • There is no power in section 9 to order the forfeiture of horses.

  • Proselytes to Judaism were condemned either to death or to forfeiture of their property.

  • Relief from forfeiture and rights of re-entry are now regulated chiefly by the Conveyancing Acts 1881 and 1882.

  • In 1745 he published an able treatise on the law of forfeiture for high treason, in defence of his father's treatment of the Scottish Jacobite peers; and in the following year he was called to the bar.

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