Definition of forgo

< forgiving

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for·go also fore·go    (fôr-g, fr-) KEY 

TRANSITIVE VERB:
for·went  (-wnt) KEY , for·gone  (-gôn, -gn) KEY , for·go·ing, for·goes

To abstain from; relinquish: unwilling to forgo dessert.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English forgon, from Old English forgn, go away, forgo : for-, for- + gn, to go; see gh- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
for·goer(Noun)