1. Synonyms for Abdicates include renounces, relinquishes, surrenders, abnegates, abjures, waives, yields, forgoes, cedes and foregoes

2. Synonyms for Antedates include precedes, predates, anticipates, foregoes, antecedes, goes before, preexists, accelerates, anachronizes and backdates

3. Synonyms for Backdates include dates, predates, signs, stamps, validates, antedates, precedes, anticipates, foregoes and antecedes

4. For every month of delay, a company foregoes a month of this new revenue stream.

5. Synonyms for Antecedes include foregoes, antedates, precedes, predates, preexists, foreruns, goes before, comes before, anticipates and foreshadows

6. Bodhisattva (plural Bodhisattvas) A person who has taken specific lay or monastic vows and who is on the road to perfect knowledge; specifically, one who foregoes personal nirvana in order to help others achieve enlightenment