· do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"
Synonym(s): waive, relinquish, forego, foreswear, dispense_with
· be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
Synonym(s): predate, precede, forego, antecede, antedate
· 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"
Synonym(s): forfeit, give_up, throw_overboard, waive, forego
Hypernym(s): abandon