Definitions

forsake

[fawr-seyk] / fɔrˈseɪk /

VERB

abandon, turn one's back on

Synonyms

STRONGEST

disown forgo forswear jettison quit relinquish renounce repudiate set aside spurn

STRONG

abdicate desert disclaim jilt leave resign surrender yield

WEAK

cast off change one's tune drift away give up have done with kiss goodbye leave flat leave high and dry run out on show the door take the oath throw over walk out on wash one's hands of

Antonyms

STRONGEST

allow approve continue keep

STRONG

claim hold maintain

WEAK

go back rediscover return revert

Example Sentences

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Forsake, a footwear company based in Boston, has most of its supply chain and production facility in Zhongshan in southeastern China.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2020

One of the first songs played: a popular Arab melody called Do Not Forsake Me, Lover.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ah me! perhaps some god is planning here Some other fraud against me, bidding me Forsake my raft.

From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Stoddard, Richard Henry

Anon Let each brave officer, of chosen valour, Forsake his couch, and with delib'rate spirit, Meet at the citadel.

From The Grecian Daughter by Murphy, Arthur

Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am gray-headed: until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come.

From The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy by Episcopal Church in Scotland

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