All forwent synonyms
for·went
F f 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.