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单词 forfeiture
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forfeituren.

Brit. /ˈfɔːfᵻtʃə/, U.S. /ˈfɔrfətʃər/, /ˈfɔrfəˌtʃʊ(ə)r/, /ˈfɔrfəˌtjʊ(ə)r/
Forms: see forfeit n.
Etymology: < Old French forfeture, forfaiture, < forfait forfeit n.
1.
a. Transgression or violation of a law; crime, sin; spec. in Law. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [noun]
unrightOE
witec1175
misbodea1200
misguiltc1200
misdoinga1225
miss?c1225
trespassinga1340
forfeiturec1380
offensiona1382
crimec1384
abusion?1387
evil-doing1398
mistakinga1400
offendinga1425
transgression1426
wrongingc1449
digression1517
digressinga1535
transgressing1535
swerving1545
misdealing1571
transgress1578
misfaring1595
misacting1651
malpractice1739
malfeasance1856
wrongdoing1874
miscreance1972
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > transgression or offending
witec1175
trespassinga1340
forfeiturec1380
offensiona1382
prevaricationc1384
offendinga1425
transgression1426
defencea1450
digression1517
digressinga1535
transgressing1535
transgress1578
misfaring1595
overloup1827
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 348 Hereof schulden men not fayle wiþouten greet forfeture.
1414 T. Brampton Paraphr. Seven Penit. Psalms (1842) lxxiii. 28 Whan I do ony forfeture, A contrite heart I offere to the.
1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 59 To do a thing against or without Law or Custome, and that legally is called a forfeiture.
b. In weaker sense: A breach of rules. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > breach of rule or custom
breacha1382
transgression1426
violation1433
prevarication1561
forfeiture1575
contravention1579
infringement1628
temeration1641
contravening1645
infraction1673
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xliii. 134 If..he touch the shoulder..with any other thing than his knyfe..it is a forfayture.
c. forfeiture of marriage n. Obsolete (see quot. 1607).
ΚΠ
1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Gg3v/2 Forfeiture of mariage..is a writ lying against him, who houlding by knights seruice, and being vnder age and vnmaried, refuseth her, whome the Lord offereth him..and marieth another.
2.
a. The fact of losing or becoming liable to deprivation of (an estate, goods, life, an office, right, etc.) in consequence of a crime, offence, or breach of engagement. Const. of, †on.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] > forfeiture
forfeiture1389
forfeit1393
forfaultryc1565
α.
1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 76 No brother..shalle discuse þe counseil of þis fraternite to no straungere, vp þe payne of forfeture of þe fraternite.
a1400 Coer de L. 257 Forfeyture on lyff and londe.
1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 384 Vppon peyne of forfetor of xls.
1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 58 §1 Actes of atteyndre and forfeiture made in the seid parliament.
1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xi. f. 13v That there may be made due proues without fauoure..on payne of forfeyture of his offyce.
1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 31 Henrie iv., possessing it by the forfeiture of the Lord Scrop.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Full Forfeiture..is a Forfeiture of Life and Member, and all else that a Man has.
1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 267 Forfeiture is a punishment annexed by law to some illegal act, or negligence, in the owner of lands, tenements, or hereditaments; whereby he loses all his interest therein.
1864 Bp. of Lincoln Charge 6 The minimum which will satisfy the inspector, and save the forfeiture of the grant.
1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. vi. 94 The large forfeitures which followed the suppression of the rebellion of the Desmonds.
β. 1542 Sc. Acts Mary (1814) II. 416/2 The said sentence of forfaltoure was gevine vpoune þe fift day of þe samin moneth.1609 J. Skene Treat. in Regiam Majestatem 132 The paine of treason is tynsell, and forefaltour of life, lands, gudes, and geir.1755 R. Keith Catal. Sc. Bishops (1824) 178 The same year he is witness to the forefaulture of the Earl of Ross.figurative and in extended use.1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 539 The undoing of my peace, and foirfalture of my Saluation.1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 55 What forfeiture you impose on others, undergoe your selfe.1726 J. Swift Cadenus & Vanessa 34 He has a Forfeiture incurr'd.a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1863) 4th Ser. viii. 110 A proud remorse does not forgive itself the forfeiture of its own dignity.
b. The penalty of the transgression; punishment for an offence. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > punishment > [noun]
justice?a1160
penancec1300
defensiona1382
forfeiture1390
punishment1402
revengementa1513
penition1547
revenge1561
infliction1590
supplice1646
vindictive1726
auto-da-fé1767
woodshedding1940
knuckle-rapping1944
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 268 This shall be thy forfeiture; With that she both his sones slough Before his eye.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 221 Much less that durst upon his own head draw The deadly forfeiture, and ransom set. View more context for this quotation
3. concrete. That which is forfeited; a pecuniary penalty, a fine. ? Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun]
witereden688
witec890
guiltwite964
ransom?c1225
amends1340
forfeiture1399
ush1417
recoverya1422
issue1424
unlaw1424
fine1430
forfeita1475
unlay1497
multure1533
estreatc1550
mulct1584
forfeitment1597
α.
1399 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) I. 412 Alle his ffynys..ne fforffeyturis ffele..myȝte not areche to paie the pore peple.
1483 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 336 The same forfetoures to be enployed halfe to the said cite, and the oder halfe to the said ffraternite.
1588 Ld. Burghley Let. 7 May in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 27 The forfeycture for every publique offence committed without the College to be collected..by the bedells.
1607 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 287 The order for v. li. forfeyture for refusinge to be Chamberlaynes.
1709 Tatler No. 116. ⁋7 I pronounced the Petticoat a Forfeiture.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. 57 One of the finest breeds [of horses]..was the forfeiture of a rebel.
1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 33 712 A forfeiture, part of which went to the informer.
β. c1610 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1735) 226 Promising each of his Party a Share of the Forfaulters of the Queen's Lords.1661 Earl of Lauderdale in O. Airy Lauderdale Papers (1884) I. 93 Fines and for~faultures are wholly at my disposall.figurative and in extended use.?1602 Narcissus (MS Bodl. Rawl. poet. 212) (1893) 611 Helpe mee foorth, els I am the rude woods forfeiture.1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. vii. 105 Extraordinary merit has some forfeitures to pay.1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 18 The exaction of these forfeitures [sc. their beards].
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