transitive verb
Definition 1
Abstain from, go without, do without, waive, let go, omit to take or use, relinquish.
Source: Invertext, from Concise Oxford Dictionary
Context: President Nicolas Sarkozy earlier this year lent on top executives at France's leading banks to forego any bonuses in 2009.
Source: 06/08/2009
Note
Theoretically forego declines like go, i.e. past tense 'forewent', participle 'foregone'. As active verbs, however, forewent and foregone are very rare, the alternative 'waived' being preferred.
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