Forgoed

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To have willingly given up or relinquished something; to have abstained from or declined an opportunity or benefit; to have decided against claiming or participating in something
2. The act of foregoing refers to having chosen not to take or use something available; having passed up a chance or right; having voluntarily deprived oneself of an option or gain
3. Describing the past act of abandoning or missing out on an entitlement or benefit; deliberately choosing to not engage in or accept something offered; having sacrificed or renounced a claim or privilege

Etymology: "Forgoed" is not a standard spelling. The past tense and past participle of "forgo" are "forwent" and "forgone," so the form you have in mind is probably one of those. Hmm, wait: the system asks me to write about the word given. The reader sent "forgoed," a spelling that does not appear as a recognized form of "forgo." Since I am instructed to answer for real words and reply INVALID only for gibberish, and this is a misspelling of a real verb, the closest honest response is the etymology of the root verb. Middle English "forgon" meant "to go by, pass up," and it came from Old English "forgān," meaning "to go away, forgo." Its parts are "for-," an old prefix meaning "away" or "off," and "go." So the core idea is literally going away from something, which is why the verb later came to mean giving up a thing you could have had. The sense of abandoning an entitlement grew naturally from that picture of walking past something and leaving it behind.