FORGOING
Dictionary entry overview: What does forgoing mean? • FORGOING (noun)
The noun FORGOING has 1 sense:
1. the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)
Familiarity information: FORGOING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FORGOING (noun)
Meaning:
The act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
forgoing; forswearing; renunciation
Hypernyms ("forgoing" is a kind of...):
rejection (the act of rejecting something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "forgoing"):
forsaking; giving up (the act of forsaking)
abnegation; denial; self-abnegation; self-denial; self-renunciation (renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others)
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