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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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Forsaking Twitter didn’t win me back any extra time in my life, as my wife and bosses insisted would happen.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2023

"Forsaking investor protection puts real people's life savings at risk. The goal is to protect our 'clients': U.S. investors," he said in the prepared remarks.

From Reuters • Apr. 17, 2023

Forsaking Yamashita’s rights rhetoric of 1902, the Japanese legal team tried science.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2021

Forsaking sensationalism for sober, procedural storytelling, the film examines the toxic effects of the Kennedy mystique on a handful of people involved in a fatal car crash in the summer of 1969.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2018

Forsaking his whimsical manner, he related tersely in as few words as possible the story of the encounter.

From West Wind Drift by McCutcheon, George Barr

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