Associations to the word «Forgo»

Wiktionary

FORGO, verb. To let pass, to leave alone
FORGO, verb. To do without, to abandon
FORGO, verb. To refrain from, to abstain from, to pass up, to withgo.

Dictionary definition

FORGO, verb. Do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas".
FORGO, verb. Be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools".
FORGO, verb. Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property".

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras