Word: forfeit
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...shines in "The Beat Change," over a Lord Finesse track reminiscent of roller rinks: "I be that kid with the dreads / I remember when I hid from the feds / plus I always did what I said / I was gonna do / talk sh*t right in front of you / never forfeit, on top / we do it non-stop, with more jewels than a pawn shop." The rhymes just stack up one on top of the other, as brother Mos Def said...
Should Parker Bowles ever gain the acceptance her friends wish for her, it is still unlikely that she and Charles would wed. The couple, according to royal watchers, has accepted the fact that marriage is not an option. Charles hasn't intimated that he would forfeit the throne to make Camilla his wife. The most they can hope for is a comfortable live-in relationship...
Although the alleged assault occurred six months ago, the prosecutors only recently identified Fox as the suspect. Following the slashing, referee Rick Perry asked Fox's coach to identify the player involved or accept a forfeit...
Perhaps the best argument against the death penalty--insofar as it is the most palatable--is that human beings cannot impose it with consistency or rationality. If retribution must be precise, you may forfeit your own life when you take someone else's. But we have no way of imposing such a system equitably or sensible. We should follow similar reasoning as that expounded by the creators of American government, and impose a single check and balance on ourselves: categorical proscription of the death penalty...
...disappointing, however, that many others forfeit their souls to the incubus of identity politics, supporting the side that favors them on one issue regardless of how they feel about the soundness of its total ideology. Wedding yourself to a whole questionable agenda just because one or two items serve your ends is not only irresponsible, it displays a profound lack of conscience...