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Detriment vs Forfeiture - What's the difference?

detriment | forfeiture |

As nouns the difference between detriment and forfeiture

is that detriment is detriment while forfeiture is (legal) a legal action whereby a person loses all interest in the forfeit property.

detriment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Harm, hurt, damage.
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    • , year=1872 , author=Fyodor Dostoyevsky , title=The Possessed , chapter=7 citation , passage=“But marriage in secret, Nikolay Vsyevolodovitch — a fatal secret. I receive money from you, and I'm suddenly asked the question, 'What's that money for?' My hands are tied; I cannot answer to the detriment of my sister, to the detriment of the family honour.”}}
  • (UK, obsolete) A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy.

    • Usage notes

    * Often used in the form "to someone's detriment".

    Synonyms

    * harm * hurt * illfare * damage

    Antonyms

    * benefit

    Related terms

    * detrimental

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    forfeiture

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal) A legal action whereby a person loses all interest in the forfeit property.
  • (legal) The loss of forfeit property.
  • (legal) The property lost as a forfeit.
  • Any loss occasioned by one's own actions.