Forsake

Verb

 * 1) To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce.

Synonyms for Forsake
fail, relinquish, quit, leave, drop, desert, abandon, forgo, renounce, disown, abjure, abdicate, resign.

Antonyms for Forsake
retain, remain, assist, aid, succor, persevere, continue, stay, sustain, nurture, comfort, help, claim, maintain, hold, keep, cherish.

Thesaurus
abandon, abdicate, back out, be unfaithful, beg off, break faith, cast off, chuck, cry off, deny, depart, depart from, desert, discard, drop out, evacuate, fail, flee, forgo, forswear, give up, go back on, have done with, jettison, jilt, leave, leave behind, leave flat, maroon, pass the buck, pull out, quit, quit cold, recant, reject, relinquish, renege, renounce, repudiate, resign, say goodbye to, shift the blame, shift the responsibility, stand down, surrender, take leave of, throw over, vacate, withdraw, yield

Etymology
From forsaken:, from  forsacan:, akin to Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽:, Danish forsage:, Middle High German versachen:.

Translations

 * Arabic: هجر
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  拋棄,  抛弃
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: aufgeben (transitive), verlassen, im Stich lassen
 * Greek: εγκαταλείπω (egatalipo), παρατώ (parato), απαρνούμαι (aparnume), αποκηρύσσω (apokiriso)


 * Indonesian: menelantarkan
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:,   ,   ,   покидать
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: försaka

Alternative forms

 * forsage

Verb

 * 1) give up, relinquish
 * 2) denounce (the devil)

Derived terms

 * forsakelse