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forsaking

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1. forsaking - Noun

2. forsaking - Verb

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of Forsake

Source: Webster's dictionary

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If Israel falls to the terrorists, the entire free world will tremble. To forsake Israel now would be tantamount to forsaking Great Britain in 1940. It is unthinkable, and it is unthinkable because the world wants to know if we believe freedom is worth fighting for. Tom DeLay

He upbraided Macro, in no obscure and indirect terms, "with forsaking the setting sun and turning to the rising." Tacitus

All the mistakes I make arise from forsaking my own station and trying to see the object from another person's point of view. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America has become no better than any other country in the world. Harry Browne

Dishonesty is a forsaking of permanent for temporary Advantages. Christian Nestell Bovee

Neither cruelty, nor violence, nor torture will make me beg for mercy, because I prefer to die with my head raised high, with unshakeable faith... In my country's predestination rather than live in submission forsaking my sacred principles. Patrice Lumumba

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