1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus II. Col. ii. f. vv After suche forgoyng of your bodyes, which were thral to sinne.
1627 R. Sanderson I. 268 They chuse to be still ignorant, rather than hazard the forgoing of any part of that freedom.
1736 Bp. J. Butler i. v. 87 The voluntary Foregoing many things which we desire.