Thesaurus
forsake
forsake
verb
Definition of FORSAKE
to cause to remain behind <forsaking most of our possessions, we evacuated just before the hurricane struck>
Related Words discard, ditch, dump, fling, jettison, junk, scrap, shed, shuck (off), throw away, throw out; deliver, give up, hand over, relinquish, surrender, yield; escape, retreat (from), take off (from), vacate, withdraw (from); abjure, cut off, disown, reject, renounce, repudiate, separate (from); sacrifice; distance; disregard, forget, ignore, neglect
Near Antonyms harbor, have, hold, keep, own, possess, reserve, retain, withhold; redeem, rescue, save
Antonyms reclaim
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