award vs forfeit

award

verb
  • To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case. 

  • To determine; to make or grant an award. 

  • To give (an award). 

  • To give (a person) an award. 

noun
  • A negotiated set of employment conditions and minimum wages for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award. 

  • A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted. 

  • The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded. 

  • A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit. 

forfeit

verb
  • To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress. 

  • To fail to keep an obligation. 

  • To lose a contest, game, match, or other form of competition by voluntary withdrawal, by failing to attend or participate, or by violation of the rules 

  • To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance 

adj
  • Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure. 

noun
  • Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine as part of a game. 

  • A penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor. 

  • A thing forfeited; that which is taken from somebody in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, breach of contract, etc. 

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