Antonyms for forsake
fɔrˈseɪkfor·sake

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1. forsake

   Abandon is a word of wide signification, applying to persons or things of any kind; abdicate and resign apply to office, authority, or power; cede to territorial possessions; surrender especially to military force, and more generally to any demand, claim, passion, etc. Quit carries an idea of suddenness or abruptness not necessarily implied in abandon, and may not have the same suggestion of finality. The king abdicates his throne, cedes his territory, deserts his followers, renounces his religion, relinquishes his titles, abandons his designs. A cowardly officer deserts his ship; the helpless passengers abandon it. We quit business, give up property, resign office, abandon a habit or a trust. Relinquish commonly implies reluctance; the fainting hand relinquishes its grasp; the creditor relinquishes his claim. Abandon implies previous association with responsibility for or control of; forsake implies previous association with inclination or attachment, real or assumed; a man may abandon or forsake house or friends; he abandons an enterprise; forsakes God. Abandon is applied to both good and evil action; a thief abandons his designs, a man his principles. Forsake, like abandon, may be used either in the favorable or unfavorable sense; desert is always unfavorable, involving a breach of duty, except when used of mere localities; as, "the Deserted Village." While a monarch abdicates, a president or other elected or appointed officer resigns. It was held that James II. abdicated his throne by deserting it.

   Antonyms:
   adopt, advocate, assert, cherish, claim, court, defend, favor, haunt, hold, keep, maintain, occupy, prosecute, protect, pursue, retain, seek, support, undertake, uphold, vindicate

   Synonyms:
   abandon, abdicate, abjure, cast off, cease, cede, depart from, desert, discontinue, forego, forswear, give up, leave, quit, recant, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, retire from, retract, surrender, vacate, withdraw from

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1. abandon, forsake, desolate, desertverb

   leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

   "The mother deserted her children"

   Synonyms:
   waste, devastate, give up, desert, lay waste to, abandon, vacate, scourge, empty, depopulate, defect, ravage, desolate

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1. forsakeverb

   Synonyms:
   quit, abandon, leave, renounce, reject, relinquish, forswear

How to use forsake in a sentence?

1. John Ray:

   Though thou has never so many counselors, yet do not forsake the counsel of your soul.

2. Yoram Ettinger:

   We see today on the streets in big cities in America defacing all monuments, defacing American history, disregard for American history, you disregard your past, you basically forsake your future because the only responsible way to confront the future, to advance in the future is by relying on, by studying your past, and American past and core element has been Judeo-Christian values.

3. Israeli Ambassador Yoram Ettinger:

   We see today on the streets in big cities in America defacing all monuments, defacing American history, disregard for American history, you disregard your past you basically forsake your future because the only responsible way to confront the future, to advance in the future is by relying on, by studying your past and American past and core element has been Judeo-Christian values.

4. New Testament:

   Forsake not an old friend for the new is not comparable to him a new friend is as new wine when it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure.

5. Bible, Deuteronomy 31:6 NAS:

   Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble...for the Lord, your God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you.

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