forego

verb

1. To precede, to go before.

   “pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone”

2. (alt-of, alternative, often, proscribed)Alternative spelling of forgo; to abandon, to relinquish.

   “[…] for on no other terms does she desire a reconciliation, but will sooner forego all the hopes to which her birth entitles her, and get her bread by service, than ever yield to become the wife of the ——.”

   “CNBC's Julia Boorstin reports Disney will forego its dividend payments for half of the year.”

   “A study funded by the FMCSA found that although several heavy-vehicle manufacturers have voluntarily made AEB “standard” on many new truck models, they also offer “deletion credits” to customers who choose to remove AEB, which provides customers financial incentive to forego the technology and which ultimately reduces voluntary adoption rates”

   “Last week, TSA agents missed their first full paychecks. Some employees are still at work, with the promise of back pay when the shutdown ends. But others can't or won't forego paychecks.”