FORGOING

renunciation, forgoing, forswearing

(noun) the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

forgoing

present participle of forgo

Source: Wiktionary


FORGO

For*go", v. t. [imp. Forwent; p. p. Forgone; p. pr. & vb. n. Forgoing.] Etym: [OE. forgan, forgon, forgoon, AS. forgan, prop., to go past, hence, to abstain from; pref. for- + gan to go; akin to G. vergehen to pass away, to transgress. See Go, v. i.]

Definition: To pass by; to leave. See 1st Forego. For sith [since] I shall forgoon my liberty At your request. Chaucer. And four [days] since Florimell the court forwent. Spenser.

Note: This word in spelling has been confused with, and almost superseded by, forego to go before. Etymologically the form forgo is correct.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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