forfeiture

Meaning of forfeiture

noun
  1. the loss or giving up of something as a penalty for wrongdoing.
    magistrates ordered the forfeiture of his computer

Information about forfeiture

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of forfeiture is: forfeitures.
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Hyphenation of forfeiture

for-fei-ture

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • forfeiture is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

forfeiture synonyms

Meaning forfeit:

forfeit, sacrifice

Meaning the action of taking or seizing someone's property with authority; seizure:

confiscation

Meaning the action of sequestrating or taking legal possession of assets:

sequestration

Meaning the fact or process of losing something or someone:

loss

Meaning suffering, resulting in, or relating to defeat in a game or contest:

losing

Meaning the action of denying something:

denial

Meaning the action of surrendering to an opponent or powerful influence:

surrender

Meaning stop resisting to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority:

surrendering

Meaning offer or kill as a religious sacrifice:

sacrificing

Meaning (of a substance or object) giving way under pressure; not hard or rigid:

yielding

Meaning give up (power or territory):

ceding

Meaning the forfeiture of land and civil rights suffered as a consequence of a sentence of death for treason or felony:

attainder

Words that rhyme with forfeiture

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