Synonyms for forego
fɔrˈgoʊ, foʊr-

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1. predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate(verb)

   be earlier in time; go back further

   "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

   Synonyms:
   lead, foreswear, predate, antedate, come before, dispense with, raven, forfeit, premise, give up, waive, throw overboard, prey, forgo, relinquish, preface, antecede, precede, introduce, foredate

2. waive, relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with(verb)

   do without or cease to hold or adhere to

   "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"

   Synonyms:
   quit, foreswear, predate, antedate, spare, dispense with, part with, release, throw overboard, renounce, give up, waive, let go, let go of, resign, forgo, relinquish, forfeit, antecede, precede, free

3. forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego(verb)

   lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime

   "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"

   Synonyms:
   spare, antedate, allow, abandon, forfeit, vacate, precede, release, give up, resign, forgo, kick, throw in, predate, surrender, part with, fall by the wayside, lay off, waive, throw overboard, dispense with, cede, stop, relinquish, throw in the towel, deliver, cease, chuck up the sponge, renounce, discontinue, deep-six, drop out, free, antecede, drop by the wayside, quit, foreswear

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1. forego

   Abandon is a word of wide signification, applying to persons or things of any kind; abdicate and resign apply to office, authority, or power; cede to territorial possessions; surrender especially to military force, and more generally to any demand, claim, passion, etc. Quit carries an idea of suddenness or abruptness not necessarily implied in abandon, and may not have the same suggestion of finality. The king abdicates his throne, cedes his territory, deserts his followers, renounces his religion, relinquishes his titles, abandons his designs. A cowardly officer deserts his ship; the helpless passengers abandon it. We quit business, give up property, resign office, abandon a habit or a trust. Relinquish commonly implies reluctance; the fainting hand relinquishes its grasp; the creditor relinquishes his claim. Abandon implies previous association with responsibility for or control of; forsake implies previous association with inclination or attachment, real or assumed; a man may abandon or forsake house or friends; he abandons an enterprise; forsakes God. Abandon is applied to both good and evil action; a thief abandons his designs, a man his principles. Forsake, like abandon, may be used either in the favorable or unfavorable sense; desert is always unfavorable, involving a breach of duty, except when used of mere localities; as, "the Deserted Village." While a monarch abdicates, a president or other elected or appointed officer resigns. It was held that James II. abdicated his throne by deserting it.

   Synonyms:
   abandon, abdicate, abjure, cast off, cease, cede, depart from, desert, discontinue, forsake, forswear, give up, leave, quit, recant, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, retire from, retract, surrender, vacate, withdraw from

   Antonyms:
   adopt, advocate, assert, cherish, claim, court, defend, favor, haunt, hold, keep, maintain, occupy, prosecute, protect, pursue, retain, seek, support, undertake, uphold, vindicate

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1. forego

   Synonyms:
   waive, drop, abandon, abjure, renounce, give up, relinquish, yield, surrender, resign

   Antonyms:
   claim, assume, vindicate, seize, grasp, retain

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1. forego(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   relinquish, resign, surrender, cede, yield, abandon, give up, part with, let go

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1. forego(v)

   Synonyms:
   quit, relinquish, surrender, yield, do without, precede

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1. List of paraphrases for "forego":

   renounce, waive, relinquish, abandon, forgo

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1. Ricky Brooks:

   They've begun in-house scare and misinformation meetings, leveraging the uncertainty of COVID-19 to get all of their issues and force the union to forego all of its issues, they have held the pattern wages hostage if the union moves to go to the table.

2. Bertrand Russell:

   The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others.

3. Lina Bacalando:

   We can't expect poor women to forego one meal to get pills. What we can expect is more unintended pregnancies.

4. Joe Bidens:

   I know how hard it is to forego family traditions, but it's so very important.

5. William Shakespeare:

   See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved to effect.

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