[v] refrain from consuming; "You will have to forgo alcohol" [v] lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime [v] do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"
dispense with, foreswear, forfeit, give up, give up, relinquish, throw overboard, waive, waive
arrogate, claim, lay claim
abandon, abdicate, abjure, abstain, abstain from, acknowledge defeat, avoid, cease, cede, cry quits, desist from, disgorge, dispense with, dispose of, do without, drop, dump, eliminate, eschew, forbear, forsake, forswear, get along without, get rid of, gi