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.
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Forgo
//fɔɹˈɡoʊ//
Synonyms for "forgo" (107 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (32)
Related words (53)
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Translations
44 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- изоставям verb (to let pass)
- минавам без verb (to do without)
- отказвам се verb (to let pass)
Danish
2 entries- forgå verb (to let pass)
- undvære verb (to do without)
Dutch
4 entries- het zonder doen verb (to do without)
- laten voorbijgaan verb (to let pass)
- passen verb (to let pass)
- zich onthouden van verb (to do without)
Finnish
4 entries- antaa mennä verb (to let pass)
- jättää rauhaan verb (to let pass)
- luopua verb (to do without)
- olla ilman verb (to do without)
French
2 entries- renoncer à verb (to do without)
- se passer de verb (to do without)
German
4 entries- auslassen verb (to let pass)
- entsagen verb (to do without)
- unterlassen verb (to let pass)
- verzichten verb (to do without)
Māori
4 entries- waiho verb (to do without)
- whakakore verb (to do without)
- whakamahue verb (to do without)
- whakarere verb (to do without)
Occitan
4 entries- abandonar verb (to do without)
- daissar verb (to let pass)
- deissar verb (to do without)
- renonciar verb (to let pass)
Polish
4 entries- obywać się bez verb (to do without)
- obyć się bez verb (to do without)
- rezygnować verb (to let pass)
- zrezygnować verb (to let pass)
Portuguese
1 entries- privar-se de verb (to let pass)
Russian
2 entries- возде́рживаться verb (to do without)
- отка́зываться verb (to do without)
Slovene
1 entries- odpovedati se čemu verb (to let pass)
Spanish
4 entries- dejar de lado verb (to do without)
- dejar pasar verb (to let pass)
- pasar por alto verb (to let pass)
- renunciar a verb (to do without)
Swedish
2 entries- avstå från verb (to do without)
- förgå verb (to let pass)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The middle-class woman placed value on her necklace because she didn't want to forgo the privileges of her class.
Source: tatoeba (2426780)
Tom had to forgo his morning swim, on account of it being too cold.
Source: tatoeba (4387657)
I think I can forgo this.
Source: tatoeba (5745097)
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