About The Word Forsake
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Forsake
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What's The Definition Of Forsake?
[v] leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Forsake: abandon | desert | desolate Related Terms | Find terms related to Forsake: abandon | abdicate | back out | be unfaithful | beg off | break faith | cast off | chuck | cry off | deny | depart | depart from | desert | discard | drop out | evacuate | fail | flee | forgo | forswear | give up | go back on | have done with | jettison | jilt | leave | leave behind | leave flat | maroon | pass the buck | pull out | quit | quit cold | recant | reject | relinquish | renege | renounce | repudiate | resign | say goodbye to | shift the blame | shift the responsibility | stand down | surrender | take leave of | throw over | vacate | withdraw | yield See Also | ditch | expose | leave | maroon | strand | walk out Forsake In Webster's Dictionary \For*sake"\, v. t. [imp. {Forsook}; p. p. {Forsaken}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Forsaking}.] [AS. forsacan to oppose, refuse;
for- + sacan to contend, strive; akin to Goth. sakan. See
{For-}, and {Sake}.]
1. 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.
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my
judgments. --Ps. lxxxix.
30.
2. To renounce; to reject; to refuse.
If you forsake the offer of their love. --Shak.
Syn: To abandon; quit; desert; fail; relinquish; give up;
renounce; reject. See {Abandon}.
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