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forsaking
noun as in defection
noun as in dereliction
Strong matches
noun as in desertion
Strongest match
Strong matches
noun as in recreance
noun as in recreancy
Example Sentences
Sightseers in New York City are forsaking the Statue of Liberty and Central Park in favor of the effects of Frankenstorm.
Forsaking his safely hermetic life, William leaves Molly with neighbors to meet with a rebel group.
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.
What can have been his motive for forsaking his sailors and two of his ablest officers?
It was beyond his faculties to divine that her not forsaking of Edward might haply come to mean something disastrous to him.
A young man, forsaking his sweetheart, married another maiden, who when her time came suffered exceedingly.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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