forfeiture
Meaning of forfeiture
noun
- 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:
Meaning the action of taking or seizing someone's property with authority; seizure:
Meaning the action of sequestrating or taking legal possession of assets:
Meaning the fact or process of losing something or someone:
Meaning suffering, resulting in, or relating to defeat in a game or contest:
Meaning the action of denying something:
Meaning the action of surrendering to an opponent or powerful influence:
Meaning stop resisting to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority:
Meaning offer or kill as a religious sacrifice:
Meaning (of a substance or object) giving way under pressure; not hard or rigid:
Meaning give up (power or territory):
Meaning the forfeiture of land and civil rights suffered as a consequence of a sentence of death for treason or felony:
Words that rhyme with forfeiture
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