forsake

Verb

Meaning

To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity.

To renounce; to reject; to refuse.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

desert fail reject quit renounce relinquish desolate abandon give up chuck maroon strand shun forsaking jilt
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Antonyms

have control own see support back
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Hypernyms

leave

Hyponyms

maroon strand expose ditch walk out

Derivatives

forsook forsaken forsaking

Examples

The mother deserted her children Source: Internet

And only Torah is truly good, as it is said: 'I have given you a good teaching, do not forsake My Torah' (Proverbs 4:2)." Source: Internet

Concerning the believers, 'It may suffice to encourage them, if they know that no power or prudence can dislodge them from the rock, unless they of their own will forsake their position.' Source: Internet

Critics of cultural imperialism commonly claim that non-Western cultures, particularly from the Third World, will forsake their traditional values and lose their cultural identities when they are solely exposed to Western media. Source: Internet

And when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men amongst us, condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him. Source: Internet

Christians see in this book a comparable call to the church not to forsake the Lord Jesus Christ. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

fors fors and againsts fors'le forsaken forsakenly forsakenness