forfeiture
- Noun. (legal) A legal action whereby a person loses all interest in the forfeit property.
- Noun. (legal) The loss of forfeit property.
- Noun. (legal) The property lost as a forfeit.
- Noun. Any loss occasioned by one's own actions.
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