👉 In sports, a "forfeit" refers to a situation where a team or individual has lost all their points for an event. In other words, they have been eliminated from the competition and cannot participate in future games. For example, if a football team loses the match due to a penalty kick, there would be no more matches for them to play. Similarly, in tennis, a player who loses a set or two before winning their next game is said to have forfeited the match.