unforfeited
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a word derived from
forfeited.
forfeitedadjectivegiven up, especially as a penalty or as a consequence of crime or fault.
Example Sentences
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O! ten times faster Venus' pigeons fly To seal love's bonds new made than they are wont To keep obliged faith unforfeited!
From The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
O ten times faster Venus' pigeons fly To seal love's bonds new made, than they are wont To keep obliged faith unforfeited!
From Say and Seal, Volume II by Susan Warner
And to put other considerations out of sight, the mere fact in itself, that there has been this perpetual succession, this unforfeited inheritance, is sufficiently remarkable to attract our attention and excite our reverence.
From Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VII (of 8) by John Henry Newman
O, ten times faster Venus' pigeons fly To seal love's bonds new made, than they are wont To keep obliged faith unforfeited!
From Shakespeare's play of the Merchant of Venice Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre, with Historical and Explanatory Notes by Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Charles John Kean