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Forsake

Forsake Meaning & Definition
Forsake Definition And Meaning

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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