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forsake

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of forsake

to cause to remain behind
  • She forsook acting for a teaching career.
Synonyms of forsake

abandon, desert, leave, maroon, quit, strand
Words Related to forsake

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)
Phrases Synonymous with forsake

walk away from, walk out on
Near Antonyms of forsake

harbor, have, hold, keep, own, possess, reserve, retain, withhold

redeem, rescue, save
Antonyms of forsake

reclaim

Synonym Discussion of forsake

abandon, desert, forsake mean to leave without intending to return. abandon suggests that the thing or person left may be helpless without protection.
    • abandoned children
desert implies that the object left may be weakened but not destroyed by one's absence.
    • a deserted town
forsake suggests an action more likely to bring impoverishment or bereavement to that which is forsaken than its exposure to physical dangers.
    • a forsaken lover

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