Synonyms for forsake
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Verb
1. Abandon — to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something)
abandon, leave, give up, renounce, abdicate, desert, relinquish, reject, quit, fail, desolate, drop, ditch, evacuate, forswear, abjure formal, repudiate, discard, vacate, beleave dated
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Definitions
- v. 1
To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
Forms
- Past participle
- forsaken
e.g. forsaken → abandoned, leaved, renounced, abdicated…
Example sentences
- abandon Many Armenians were forced to abandon their lands.
- renounce I renounce everything as long as I can be with you.
- relinquish Power is a drug which few ever manage to relinquish.
- abdicate You don't need to abdicate at all, Your Majesty.
By length
- 4 letters
- drop1, fail1, quit1
- 5 letters
- leave1, ditch1
- 6 letters
- desert2, reject2, vacate2, abjure
- 7 letters
- abandon3, discard2, beleave
- 8 letters
- evacuate4, renounce2, desolate3, abdicate3, forswear2
- 9 letters
- repudiate4
- 10 letters
- relinquish3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (desert2 = 2 syllables).