The Collaborative International Dictionary
Forfeit \For"feit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forfeited; p. pr. & vb. n. Forfeiting.] [OE. forfeten. See Forfeit, n.] To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be deprived of; to alienate the right to possess, by some neglect or crime; as, to forfeit an estate by treason; to forfeit reputation by a breach of promise; -- with to before the one acquiring what is forfeited.
[They] had forfeited their property by their crimes.
--Burke.
Undone and forfeited to cares forever!
--Shak.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of forfeit English)
Usage examples of "forfeiting".
Had there been some esoteric balancing of social accounts which Doctor yo'Kera had lost, thus forfeiting the central proof of his life-work?
We will tell the New Traders that they must all depart peacefully from our shores, forfeiting all their holdings, or the hostages will pay the price.
She suspected the captain of the galley had suffered a great loss of status by losing his ship that included forfeiting his rights to his "guests," for they had not seen the man since they had come aboard.
But in this case all the females would be taken, while some male or males would have to marry adulterously—thereby forfeiting their estates.
Two more unions had been announced in the past week, and one female estate-holder had declared against clone-marriage, forfeiting her estate.
But in this case all the females would be taken, while some male or males would have to marry adulterously-thereby forfeiting their estates.