had been forsaking

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of forsake.
  forsake

  verb (used with object)

  to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert.

Related Words

• disown
• forgo
• forswear
• jettison
• quit
• relinquish
• renounce
• repudiate
• set aside
• spurn