forego

Verb

• lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
  • you've forfeited your right to name your successor
    
  • forfeited property
    

• do without or cease to hold or adhere to
  • We are dispensing with formalities
    
  • relinquish the old ideas
    

• be earlier in time; go back further
  • Stone tools precede bronze tools
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  forfeit , give up , throw overboard , waive , forgo , relinquish , foreswear , dispense with , predate , precede , antecede , antedate
• Antonyms: 
  claim , lay claim , arrogate , postdate , follow