forsake
[verb]
Synonyms:
- desert, abandon, disown, leave in the lurch, strand
- give up, forgo, relinquish, renounce, set aside, surrender, yield

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Antonyms: return (to), revert (to)
Related Words: spurn, leave, abdicate, resign

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

for‧sake /fəˈseɪk $ fər-/ verb (past tense forsook /-ˈsʊk/, past participle forsaken /-ˈseɪkən/) [transitive] formal
[Language: Old English; Origin: forsacan]

1. to leave someone, especially when you should stay because they need you Synonym : abandon:
children forsaken by their parents

2. to stop doing, using, or having something that you enjoy Synonym : give up:
She will never forsake her vegetarian principles.

3. to leave a place, especially when you do not want to:
He has forsaken his native Finland to live in Britain.
⇒ godforsaken

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲