Money

Synonyms for forfeit

The synonym for forfeit recorded in this bank is relinquish, in the sense "to lose or give up money as a penalty". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for forfeit

relinquishverb, in the sense "to lose or give up money as a penalty"

One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day forfeit is audited in a second meaning.

The senseverbTier 3, RidgelineMoney

to lose or give up money as a penalty

Cancel within a week or you forfeit your entire deposit.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

relinquish

Same sentence, swapped: Cancel within a week or you relinquish your entire deposit.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for forfeit in the sentence quoted.

reclaim
refund
invest

Where forfeit turns up in the game

forfeit is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where forfeit is the trap

prevailverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is triumph, in the sense "to win out over an opponent in a contest", and forfeit is on the board beside it.

Play forfeit

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so forfeit reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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Closest first: other money words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

embezzleverbmisappropriateto steal money placed in one's care or control, usually from an employerRidgelineHas a reason line gratisadjectivecomplimentaryfree of chargeRidgelineHas a reason line liquidateverbdivestto convert assets into cash, typically by selling themRidgelineHas a reason line thriftyadjectiveprudentusing money and resources carefully and without wasteTreelineHas a reason line tightwadnouncheapskatea person who is unwilling to spend money, especially informallyFoothillsHas a reason line windfallnounbonanzaan unexpected and often substantial sum of moneyTreelineHas a reason line radicaladjectiveultrafar beyond the normRidgelineHas a reason line raiseverbrecruitcause to assemble or enlist in militaryTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line

A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. forfeit carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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