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All forwent synonyms

for·went
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verb forwent

  • relinquished — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
  • sacrificed — the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
  • waived — to refrain from claiming or insisting on; give up; forgo: to waive one's right; to waive one's rank; to waive honors.
  • declined — to withhold or deny consent to do, enter into or upon, etc.; refuse: He declined to say more about it.
  • skipped — to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot.
  • abandoned — An abandoned place or building is no longer used or occupied.
  • abdicated — Simple past tense and past participle of abdicate.
  • abstained — to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from): to abstain from eating meat.
  • eschewed — Deliberately avoid using; abstain from.
  • forsook — a simple past tense of forsake.
  • quit — to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
  • refrained — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
  • renounced — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
  • resisted — to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
  • abjured — Simple past tense and past participle of abjure.
  • ceded — to yield or formally surrender to another: to cede territory.
  • desisted — to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
  • forbore — simple past tense of forbear1 .
  • passed — having completed the act of passing.
  • resigned — submissive or acquiescent.
  • yielded — to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
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