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the noble art of losing on purpose to lose less spectacularly.
means To lose or surrender something as a penalty for breaking a rule, failing an obligation, or choosing not to continue.
from From Old French 'forfait,' meaning a crime or transgression — literally something done (fait, from Latin 'facere,' to do) beyond or against (for-, from Latin 'foris,' outside) the bounds. So a forfeit was first the wrongdoing itself, then the price you paid for it; only later did it slide into the gentler world of games, where you surrender a token or the match instead of paying for a sin.
- latin roots
- From forisfacere, meaning to transgress or do wrong.
- chess clock
- Run out of time, and you forfeit without moving.
- automatic loss
- A no-show team forfeits, often recorded as 1-0.
- legal seizure
- Forfeited property becomes the state's without compensation.
- sports irony
- You can win a game you never played.