forfeitable
Subject to loss
Forfeitable describes something that can be taken away or lost under certain conditions.
Property, rights, or benefits are forfeitable when they're subject to seizure as a penalty or consequence: The bonus is forfeitable if you leave before the contract ends.
Assets become forfeitable through legal proceedings, policy violations, or failure to meet obligations.
Seizure by authority
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- escheatState inherits heirless estates
- lienClaim securing debt
- collateralSecurity for debt
default · repossession · expropriation · garnishment · pledge · surety · bailment · mortgage
Conditional or representative group
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
- revocableAble to be canceled
- voidableCapable of being nullified
- terminableAble to be ended
rescindable · cancellable · dependent · qualified · subject · stipulated · probationary · tentative
Formal giving up
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- waiverFormal surrender of rights
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
cession · renunciation · dispossession · yielding · abdication · concession · handover · disclaimer
State of being unprotected
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- jeopardyRisk of harm
- contingencyUncertain possible event
- hazardSource of potential harm
peril · vulnerability · precariousness · insecurity · endangerment · susceptibility · conditional · revocable
Acceptable in quality
- damagesCompensation for injury
- mulctFine or swindle
- levyCompulsory government charge
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
restitution · disgorgement · sanction · pecuniary · punitive · indemnity · reparation · redress
confiscation
Seizure by authority
collateral · default · repossession · expropriation · garnishment · pledge · surety · bailment · mortgage · deed
contingent
Conditional or representative group
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
- revocableAble to be canceled
- voidableCapable of being nullified
terminable · rescindable · cancellable · dependent · qualified · subject · stipulated · probationary · tentative · alienable
relinquishment
Formal giving up
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- waiverFormal surrender of rights
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
sacrifice · cession · renunciation · dispossession · yielding · abdication · concession · handover · disclaimer · deprivation
exposure
State of being unprotected
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- jeopardyRisk of harm
- contingencyUncertain possible event
hazard · peril · vulnerability · precariousness · insecurity · endangerment · susceptibility · conditional · revocable · provisional
fine
Acceptable in quality
assessment · restitution · disgorgement · sanction · pecuniary · punitive · indemnity · reparation · redress · liquidated
forfeitablenonforfeitable
Cannot be revoked
inalienable · indefeasible · vested · irrevocable · permanent
forfeitableunconditional
Without limits or qualifications
unqualified · unrestricted · automatic · inherent · intrinsic