forgo

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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verb do without or cease to hold or adhere to
verb be earlier in time; go back further
verb lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime

From Middle English forgon (“to go by, pass up”), from Old English forgān (“to go away, forgo”); equivalent to for- + go.

Enough, thine impious plan forgo, O thou who plottest sin and woe. — The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse, Valmiki
"Mr. Walton, I urge you not to forgo this opportunity too rashly." — The Samurai Strategy, Thomas Hoover
"Though my life I forgo," says Gawayne, "no noise shall cause me to fear." — Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight: An Alliterative Romance-Poem (c. 1360 A.D.), Unknown

waive, relinquish, forego, foreswear, dispense with

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