Thesaurus / forsaking
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- disown
- forgo
- forswear
- jettison
- quit
- relinquish
- renounce
- repudiate
- set aside
- spurn
- abdicate
- desert
- disclaim
- jilt
- leave
- resign
- surrender
- yield
- 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
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antonyms of forsaking
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They pray for mercy, acknowledging that they are justly punished for forsaking true wisdom.
I believe I am going out of my mind—all my strength of will is forsaking me.
THE CHILD OF PLEASUREGABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO
What can have been his motive for forsaking his sailors and two of his ablest officers?
CELEBRATED TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERSJULES VERNE
It was beyond his faculties to divine that her not forsaking of Edward might haply come to mean something disastrous to him.
RHODA FLEMING, COMPLETEGEORGE MEREDITH
A young man, forsaking his sweetheart, married another maiden, who when her time came suffered exceedingly.
BALLADS OF MYSTERY AND MIRACLE AND FYTTES OF MIRTHFRANK SIDGWICK
Before quite leaving her he threw upon her face a wistful glance, as if he had misgivings on the generosity of forsaking her thus.
RETURN OF THE NATIVETHOMAS HARDY
Since you are resolved To damn yourself, in your forsaking of Your noble order for a woman, do itFor this.
THE PLAYS OF PHILIP MASSINGERPHILIP MASSINGER
Then might you see mothers forsaking their children, and husbands their wives, each striving to escape as best he could.
THE CHRONICLE OF THE DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST OF GUINEAGOMES EANNES DE AZURARA
I had from the beginning cautions against forsaking in after-life the pulpit for any other post.
RECOLLECTIONS OF A LONG LIFEJOHN STOUGHTON
Because he happened to leave the house for a few hours, Maxence was surely not forsaking either his mother or his sister.
OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEYEMILE GABORIAU
WORDS RELATED TO FORSAKING
- abrogation
- absconding
- apostasy
- avoidance
- backsliding
- betrayal
- castoff
- defecting
- departing
- departure
- derelict
- dereliction
- disaffection
- disavowal
- disavowing
- divorce
- elusion
- escape
- evasion
- falling away
- falseness
- flight
- forsaking
- going back on
- leaving
- perfidy
- recreancy
- rejection
- relinquishment
- renunciation
- repudiation
- resignation
- retirement
- retreat
- running out on
- secession
- tergiversation
- treachery
- truancy
- withdrawal
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.