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All forgo synonyms

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verb forgo

  • give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
  • relinquish — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
  • quit — to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
  • abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
  • renounce — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
  • waive — to refrain from claiming or insisting on; give up; forgo: to waive one's right; to waive one's rank; to waive honors.
  • refrain — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
  • resist — to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
  • abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
  • forsake — to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert: She has forsaken her country for an island in the South Pacific.
  • abdicate — If a king or queen abdicates, he or she gives up being king or queen.
  • pass on — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
  • pass up — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
  • swear off — to make a solemn declaration or affirmation by some sacred being or object, as a deity or the Bible.
  • forbear — to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
  • cede — If someone in a position of authority cedes land or power to someone else, they let them have the land or power, often as a result of military or political pressure.
  • sacrifice — the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
  • abjure — If you abjure something such as a belief or way of life, you state publicly that you will give it up or that you reject it.
  • yield — to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
  • desist — If you desist from doing something, you stop doing it.
  • resign — to give up an office or position, often formally (often followed by from): to resign from the presidency.
  • pass — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
  • surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
  • give in — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • leave alone — separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
  • leave out — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
  • pack in — Hunting. a number of hounds, especially foxhounds and beagles, regularly used together in a hunt.
  • sit out — to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated.
  • pass by — go past
  • go without — be deprived of, not have
  • do without — Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
  • decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
  • skip — to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot.
  • eschew — Deliberately avoid using; abstain from.
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