forgoing
Choosing to skip
Forgoing means doing without or giving something up, usually by choice: Forgoing dessert tonight, forgoing sleep to finish the project.
The word implies abstaining from something available rather than simply lacking it.
Often confused with foregoing, which means preceding or coming before.
Voluntarily doing without
- refrainingChoosing not to act
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
- renouncingFormally abandoning a claim
- decliningDecreasing in strength
eschewing · refusing · avoiding · skipping · passing · resisting · shunning · spurning
Voluntarily abandoning entitlement
- releasingAllowing to escape
- exemptingFreeing from obligation
- disclaimingDenying connection or responsibility
- abandoningLeaving permanently behind
forfeiting · renouncing · dispensation · exemption · release · disclaimer · quitclaim · relinquishment
Ceasing to resist
- relinquishingVoluntarily giving up possession
- yieldingBending under pressure
- cedingFormally surrendering territory or rights
- concedingAcknowledging another's claim
sacrificing · giving up · letting go · parting with · doing without · selflessness · altruism · renunciation
abstaining
Voluntarily doing without
- refrainingChoosing not to act
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
- renouncingFormally abandoning a claim
declining · eschewing · refusing · avoiding · skipping · passing · resisting · shunning · spurning · rejecting
waiving
Voluntarily abandoning entitlement
- releasingAllowing to escape
- exemptingFreeing from obligation
- disclaimingDenying connection or responsibility
abandoning · forfeiting · renouncing · dispensation · exemption · release · disclaimer · quitclaim · relinquishment · forbearance
surrendering
Ceasing to resist
- relinquishingVoluntarily giving up possession
- yieldingBending under pressure
- cedingFormally surrendering territory or rights
conceding · sacrificing · giving up · letting go · parting with · doing without · selflessness · altruism · renunciation · abnegation
- abstinencesobriety, celibacy, chastity, teetotalism, fasting
- doing withoutfasting, rationing, skipping meals, going hungry, abstaining
- self-controlself-control, restraint, willpower, composure, moderation
- Sitting Outbenched, sidelined, on the bench, on the sidelines, sitting idle