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forsaking

NOUN
defection
Synonyms
STRONGEST
desertion divorce failure rejection revolt withdrawal
STRONG
alienation apostasy backsliding deficiency dereliction disaffection disloyalty disownment estrangement failing faithlessness lack parting rebellion repudiation retreat separation severance tergiversation
WEAK
recreancy sundering
Antonyms
STRONG
enough faithfulness harmony loyalty plenty
WEAK
joining
NOUN
dereliction
Synonyms
STRONG
desertion desolation relinquishment
NOUN
desertion
Synonyms
STRONGEST
betrayal
STRONG
abrogation apostasy avoidance backsliding departure derelict dereliction disaffection disavowal divorce elusion escape evasion falseness flight leaving perfidy rejection relinquishment renunciation repudiation resignation retirement retreat secession tergiversation treachery truancy withdrawal
WEAK
absconding castoff defecting departing disavowing falling away going back on marooning recreancy running out on
Antonyms
STRONG
allowance approval arrival coming meeting ratification stay
WEAK
aid assistance help staying
NOUN
recreance
Synonyms
WEAK
alienation apostasy backsliding deficiency dereliction desertion disaffection disloyalty disownment divorce estrangement failing failure faithlessness lack parting rebellion recreancy rejection repudiation retreat revolt separation severance sundering tergiversation withdrawal
NOUN
recreancy
Synonyms
WEAK
alienation apostasy backsliding deficiency dereliction desertion disaffection disloyalty disownment divorce estrangement failing failure faithlessness lack parting rebellion recreance rejection repudiation retreat revolt separation severance sundering tergiversation withdrawal
NOUN
tergiversation
Synonyms
STRONG
alienation apostasy backsliding deficiency dereliction desertion disaffection disloyalty disownment divorce estrangement failing failure faithlessness lack parting rebellion rejection repudiation retreat revolt separation severance withdrawal
WEAK
recreance recreancy sundering
Antonyms
STRONG
calm enough faithfulness harmony loyalty marriage peace plenty ratification

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"I think Cam is a one-major guy if you go to LIV because you are forsaking your competitiveness for money," Clayton told me in 2023.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

Even more than an internal feeling, truly great art produces new conversations, and this one about how to create without forsaking yourself in the process is only just beginning.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2025

Even so, losing her voice didn’t mean forsaking her songwriting, a talent that led to a resourceful strategy for a comeback.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024

Now, 108 years later, the latest incarnation of that league – the PAC 12 – may be fading into sports history as Washington joins several other universities in forsaking the venerable West Coast athletic collective.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2023

For all I may be forsaking, he’s giving up a good deal more: the possibility of having more wives than one, for instance.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver