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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

forgoable en · ADJ

Etymology

From forgo + -able.

Meanings

  1. That can be forgone.
    • Luxuries, because they can be forgone without harm, may be judged to be a morally more appropriate object of taxation than necessities, which by definition are not forgoable and not dissociable from harm. 1994, Christopher J. Berry, The Idea of Luxury: A Conceptual and Historical Investigation, →ISBN:

Antonyms

unforgoable · indispensable

Deriveds

unforgoable

Synonyms

dispensable