forgo

[Bailey]

for·go also fore·go (fôr-g, fr-)
tr.v. for·went (-wnt), for·gone (-gôn, -gn), for·go·ing, for·goes
To abstain from; relinquish: unwilling to forgo dessert.



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


for·goer n.

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mark forgone Bailey

[Perry]

Forgone, but not forgotten.