forego

To precede, to go before.

• pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone

Alternative spelling of forgo; to abandon, to relinquish.alt-ofalternativeoften

• […] 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.