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forsake
[ fawr-seyk ]
verb (used with object)
- to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert:
She has forsaken her country for an island in the South Pacific.
- to give up or renounce (a habit, way of life, etc.).
Synonyms: forgo, relinquish, forswear
forsake
/ fəˈseɪk /
verb
- to abandon
- to give up (something valued or enjoyed)
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Derived Forms
- forˈsaker, noun
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Other Words From
- for·saker noun
- unfor·saking adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of forsake1
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Example Sentences
Every hour, the anthem is played, followed by Orthodox priests intoning prayers and beseeching God not to forsake Ukraine.
But will he be willing to forsake his lucrative gig at Fox News to grind it out on the campaign trail?
Muhammad assumed this risk because he refused to forsake any opportunity for peace.
The Kremlin will have little choice but to forsake its mega-projects.
He understood that to be leisurely is to forsake possibilities, even lives.
From it I learned that, if I would gain heaven, I must forsake sin and live a pure life.
His many failures caused his friends to forsake him and he was put in prison for not paying his debts.
May he hear your prayers, and be reconciled unto you, and never forsake you in the evil time.
As favour and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before.
He hasn't the nerve to forsake his native heath and roam the wide world, a free and independent gentleman.
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