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Adjective: foregone  for'gón
  1. Well in the past; former
    "dreams of foregone times";
    - bygone, bypast, departed, gone
Verb: forego (forewent,foregone,foregoes)  for'gow
  1. Be earlier in time; go back further
    "Stone tools forego bronze tools";
    - predate, precede, antecede, antedate
     
  2. Do without or cease to hold or adhere to
    "forego the old ideas";
    - waive, relinquish, forgo, foreswear, dispense with
     
  3. Lose (something) or lose the right to (something) by some error, offence, or crime
    - forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo

Sounds like: for

See also: dispense, past

Type of: abandon

Antonym: claim

Encyclopedia: Forego