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- DictionaryFor·sake/fərˈsāk/
verb
- 1. abandon (someone or something): literary "he would never forsake Tara" Similar abandondesertleavequitdepart fromleave behindleave high and dryturn one's back oncast asidegive uprejectdisownbreak (up) withjiltstrandleave strandedleave flatleave in the lurchthrow overcast aside/offbetrayinformal:run/walk out onrat ondropdumpditchchuckgive someone the pushgive someone the elbowgive someone the big Ebin offgive someone the airOpposite stay withreturn to
- ▪ renounce or give up (something valued or pleasant): literary "I won't forsake my vegetarian principles" Similar renouncegive uprelinquishdispense withforgodesist fromforsweardisclaimdisowndisavowdiscardset asidewash one's hands ofturn one's back onrepudiatehave done withwithdrawdropdo away withjettisonbetrayrenege oninformal:ditchscrapscrubaxejunkOpposite keep
Word Origin Old Englishforsacan ‘renounce, refuse’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch verzaken, and ultimately to for- and sake1.
Derivatives
- 1. forsaker noun
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