Forgo

Do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.

The middle-class woman placed value on her necklace because she didn't want to forgo the privileges of her class.

Tom had to forgo his morning swim, on account of it being too cold.

I think I can forgo this.

It's easy for rich people to forgo payment for their services.

But that can soon change since researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new insulin delivery system that could someday allow patients to forgo the painful shots in favor of taking the medication orally.

As a matter of fact, it was felt best to forgo the inclusion in the list not only of all organizations but also of those of their members whose representation in this place might conceivably be misconstrued as involving more than their personal points of view.

I've had to forgo my student discount in exchange for taking the job.

Mr. Hoyle, who does not believe many multiple-unit diesel services on secondary routes will resist for ever the road transport challenge, would forgo passenger traffic altogether on a little-used route in order to improve the quality of the freight working and reduce its costs by equating the average speed of all trains on the line concerned.

You might think that Americans buy roughly the same number of fitted sheets as flats. Or, considering the market for electric blankets, duvets, and other covers, that consumers buy even more bottom sheets, simply forgoing the tops.