forfeiting
Losing by default
Forfeiting is giving up or losing something as a penalty or consequence.
When you forfeit a game, you concede it without playing or completing it.
Rights, property, or privileges can be forfeited through violation of rules or agreements: The team forfeited the match due to ineligible players.
In finance, forfaiting (with an 'a') is a distinct term referring to a form of trade finance involving the purchase of receivables.
Cease resistance, yield
- relinquishmentFormal giving up
- giving upChoosing to stop trying
- losingFailing to win
- sacrificingGiving up something valued
yielding · conceding · waiving · abandoning · renouncing · ceding · parting with · letting go
Acceptable in quality
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- confiscationSeizure by authority
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
penalty · consequence · damages · restitution · compensation · reparation · garnishment · impoundment
Formal surrender of rights
- disclaimerStatement denying responsibility
- releaseTo let go
- breachBreaking of agreement
- violationBreaking of rules
default · noncompliance · void · nullification · termination · extinguishment · escheat · lapse
surrender
Cease resistance, yield
- relinquishmentFormal giving up
- giving upChoosing to stop trying
- losingFailing to win
sacrificing · yielding · conceding · waiving · abandoning · renouncing · ceding · parting with · letting go · handing over
fine
Acceptable in quality
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- confiscationSeizure by authority
seizure · penalty · consequence · damages · restitution · compensation · reparation · garnishment · impoundment · repossession
waiver
Formal surrender of rights
- disclaimerStatement denying responsibility
- releaseTo let go
- breachBreaking of agreement
violation · default · noncompliance · void · nullification · termination · extinguishment · escheat · lapse · expiration
- setbacksfailing, back to square one, stuck, losing, stumbles
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- letting goletting go, forgive, giving up, let go, relinquishing
- gaming modesmultiplayer, co-op, versus, team deathmatch, free-for-all
- depletingusing up, depleting, exhausting, draining, consuming
forfeitingretaining
Holding onto still
keeping · holding · maintaining · preserving · possessing
forfeitingwinning
Achieving victory
prevailing · triumphing · claiming · succeeding · competing
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