forgo

Signification (Anglais)

1. (transitive) To do without (something enjoyable); to relinquish.
2. (literary, transitive) To refrain from, to abstain from.

Concepts

renoncer

se passer de

abandonner

précéder

résigner

renoncer à

arrêter

acquérir

jeter l’éponge

rénoncer à

cesser

lever

s’abstenir de

Synonymes

give up

waive

forego

relinquish

resign

renounce

desist

precede

predate

quit

dispense with

abandon

foreswear

antecede

antedate

disclaim

forbear

refrain

abnegate

abstain

throw overboard

forfeit

forsake

sacrifice

lapse

lead

leave

let oneself go

open up

part with

sign away

tergiversate

undo

unmake

yield

apostatise

come before

deny oneself

go without

lead up

stand off

stop

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relinquish to

abdicate

abstain from

accommodate

apostatize

assign

back down

back off

Traductions

renunciar

renunciar

verzichten

çökmek

desistir

uitvallen

afstand doen van

entsagen

renunciar a

verzichten auf

abrir mão de

opgeven

resignar

abandonar

abdicar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fɔːˈɡəʊ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: forgon

Hérité de ancien anglais: forgān

In summary

From Middle English forgon (“to go by, pass up”), from Old English forgān (“to go away, forgo”); equivalent to for- + go.