Forfeit vs. Surrender

Forfeitnoun

A penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor.

Forfeitnoun

A thing forfeited; that which is taken from somebody in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, breach of contract, etc.

Forfeitnoun

Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine as part of a game.

Forfeitnoun

Injury; wrong; mischief.

Forfeitverb

To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance

Forfeitverb

To lose a contest, game, match, or other form of competition by voluntary withdrawal, by failing to attend or participate, or by violation of the rules

Forfeitverb

To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.

Forfeitverb

To fail to keep an obligation.

Forfeitadjective

Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.

Forfeitnoun

Injury; wrong; mischief.

Forfeitnoun

A thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a fine; a mulct; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life.

Forfeitnoun

Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine; - whence the game of forfeits.

Forfeitadjective

Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.

Forfeitverb

To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be deprived of; to alienate the right to possess, by some neglect or crime; as, to forfeit an estate by treason; to forfeit reputation by a breach of promise; - with to before the one acquiring what is forfeited.

Forfeitverb

To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.

Forfeitverb

To fail to keep an obligation.

Forfeit

In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation.

Forfeitnoun

something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty;

Forfeitnoun

a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something;

Forfeitnoun

the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.

Forfeitverb

lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime

Forfeitadjective

surrendered as a penalty

Forfeitverb

lose or be deprived of (property or a right or privilege) as a penalty for wrongdoing

Forfeitverb

lose or give up (something) as a necessary consequence of something else

Forfeitnoun

a fine or penalty for wrongdoing

Forfeitnoun

an item of property or a right or privilege lost as a legal penalty.

Forfeitnoun

a game in which trivial penalties are exacted for minor misdemeanours.

Forfeitnoun

the action of forfeiting something.

Forfeitadjective

lost or surrendered as a penalty for wrongdoing

Surrenderverb

(transitive) To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.

Surrenderverb

To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.

Surrenderverb

To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.

Surrenderverb

(transitive) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.

Surrenderverb

(reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.

Surrenderverb

To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.

Surrenderverb

For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.

Surrendernoun

An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.

Surrendernoun

The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.

Surrendernoun

The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.

Surrenderverb

To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy or to an officer; to surrender a fort or a ship.

Surrenderverb

To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage.

Surrenderverb

To yield to any influence, emotion, passion, or power; - used reflexively; as, to surrender one's self to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep.

Surrenderverb

To yield; to render or deliver up; to give up; as, a principal surrendered by his bail, a fugitive from justice by a foreign state, or a particular estate by the tenant thereof to him in remainder or reversion.

Surrenderverb

To give up one's self into the power of another; to yield; as, the enemy, seeing no way of escape, surrendered at the first summons.

Surrendernoun

The act of surrendering; the act of yielding, or resigning one's person, or the possession of something, into the power of another; as, the surrender of a castle to an enemy; the surrender of a right.

Surrendernoun

The yielding of a particular estate to him who has an immediate estate in remainder or reversion.

Surrendernoun

The voluntary cancellation of the legal liability of the company by the insured and beneficiary for a consideration (called the surrender value).

Surrendernoun

acceptance of despair

Surrendernoun

a verbal act of admitting defeat

Surrendernoun

the delivery of a principal into lawful custody

Surrendernoun

the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions);

Surrenderverb

give up or agree to forego to the power or possession of another;

Surrenderverb

relinquish possession or control over;

Surrenderverb

relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of another