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fɔrˈseɪkfor·sake
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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.
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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 fromAntonyms:
adopt, advocate, assert, cherish, claim, court, defend, favor, haunt, hold, keep, maintain, occupy, prosecute, protect, pursue, retain, seek, support, undertake, uphold, vindicate
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #1129 | leave | |
| #1980 | waste | |
| #2964 | empty | |
| #4409 | desert | |
| #6027 | quit | |
| #10327 | defect | |
| #11444 | cease | |
| #11564 | surrender | |
| #14530 | abandon | |
| #19661 | resign | |
| #22808 | discontinue | |
| #35321 | scourge | |
| #36359 | desolate | |
| #36540 | vacate | |
| #38092 | retract | |
| #41807 | relinquish | |
| #42606 | renounce | |
| #47832 | forsake | |
| #49931 | forego | |
| #66067 | cede | |
| #79641 | ravage | |
| #80715 | devastate | |
| #82810 | repudiate | |
| #87973 | abdicate | |
| #128134 | recant | |
| #212527 | abjure | |
| #249199 | forswear | |
| #327541 | depopulate |
How to use forsake in a sentence?
The little dictator who went to Moscow in his green fatigues to receive a bear hug did not forsake the doctrine of Lenin when he returned to the West and appeared in a two-piece suit. (On Daniel Ortega Saavedra)
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.
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.
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.
The good man shuns evil and follows good; he keeps secret that which ought to be hidden; he makes his virtues manifest to all; he does not forsake one in adversity; he gives in season: such are the marks of a worthy friend.
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- هجرArabic
- изоставям, напускамBulgarian
- im Stich lassen, verlassenGerman
- αφήνω, αποκηρύσσω, εγκαταλείπω, παρατώ, απαρνούμαιGreek
- abandonarSpanish
- رها کردنPersian
- hylätäFinnish
- renoncer, abandonnerFrench
- त्यागनाHindi
- cserbenhagyHungarian
- լքելArmenian
- abbandonareItalian
- נטושHebrew
- 見捨てる, 放棄するJapanese
- deseroLatin
- verzaken, opgevenDutch
- svikte, forlateNorwegian
- opuścić, porzucićPolish
- abandonarPortuguese
- părăsi, abandona, renunța, lepăda, lăsaRomanian
- поки́нуть, оставля́ть, оста́вить, покида́тьRussian
- försaka, övergeSwedish
- terketmek, bırakmak, vazgeçmekTurkish
- 背叛Chinese
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