forfeiting

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forfeiting

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of forfeit

noun forfeitings

The act by which something is forfeited or surrendered; a giving up. The finings and forfeitings of persons of substance and estates were innumerable, some of the last may come to be noticed in this chapter, and in the progress of this work.

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@misc{forfeiting_2026,
  title = {forfeiting},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/forfeiting},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}