verb
    
    -feits; -feited; -feiting
    
    to lose or give up (something) as a punishment or because of a rule or law [+ obj]
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    noun
    
    plural -feits
    
    something that is lost or given up as punishment or because of a rule or law [count]
    
    usually singular
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    adjective
    
    not used before a noun
    
    formal :given up or taken away as a punishment or because of a rule or law