forsake

forsake

verb

Definition of FORSAKE

to cause to remain behind <forsaking most of our possessions, we evacuated just before the hurricane struck>

Synonyms abandon, desert, forsake, maroon, quit, strand

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