Forsake
verb
To abandon or leave someone or something.
He made a promise that he would not forsake her.
Often appears as...
- forsake a promise
- forsake a friend
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
verb
To stop doing or using something.
She decided to forsake her old bad habits.
Often appears as...
- forsake a habit
- forsake a lifestyle
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Formal, Neutral
verb
To break a promise or fail to fulfill a duty.
He was punished for forsaking his duty.
Often appears as...
- forsake a pledge
- forsake an oath
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
verb
To abandon or leave someone or something.
He made a promise that he would not forsake her.
Often appears as...
- forsake a promise
- forsake a friend
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
verb
To stop doing or using something.
She decided to forsake her old bad habits.
Often appears as...
- forsake a habit
- forsake a lifestyle
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
verb
To break a promise or fail to fulfill a duty.
He was punished for forsaking his duty.
Often appears as...
- forsake a pledge
- forsake an oath
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Deep Betrayal
Forsaking someone often implies a deep sense of betrayal, especially if there's a strong relationship.
When he forsook his family, they felt deeply hurt and betrayed.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Commitment
It's usually used for abandoning serious commitments or responsibilities, not trivial ones.
The captain wouldn't forsake his crew, even in the face of danger.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Emotion
The word carries a heavy emotional weight, suggesting sadness and somberness.
Spectators were shocked when the athlete forsook the match for unknown reasons.
Pro Tip 1/3Deep Betrayal
Forsaking someone often implies a deep sense of betrayal, especially if there's a strong relationship.
When he forsook his family, they felt deeply hurt and betrayed.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Commitment
It's usually used for abandoning serious commitments or responsibilities, not trivial ones.
The captain wouldn't forsake his crew, even in the face of danger.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Emotion
The word carries a heavy emotional weight, suggesting sadness and somberness.
Spectators were shocked when the athlete forsook the match for unknown reasons.
Pro Tip 1/3Deep Betrayal
Forsaking someone often implies a deep sense of betrayal, especially if there's a strong relationship.
When he forsook his family, they felt deeply hurt and betrayed.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Commitment
It's usually used for abandoning serious commitments or responsibilities, not trivial ones.
The captain wouldn't forsake his crew, even in the face of danger.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Emotion
The word carries a heavy emotional weight, suggesting sadness and somberness.
Spectators were shocked when the athlete forsook the match for unknown reasons.
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The power of introverts...
forsaking them but I did forsake them and I didn't open that suitcase again until I was back home with my family at the end of the summer now I tell you this story about summer camp I could have told you fifty others just like it all the times that I got the message
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Bill Strickland:...
And in the back of the room, a woman stood up and she said, "In 35 years of living in this God forsaken place, you're the only person that's come down here and treated us with dignity. I'm going with you, man." And she turned that audience around on a pin.
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The power of introverts...
back in their suitcase, and I put them under my bed, and there they stayed for the rest of the summer. And I felt kind of guilty about this. I felt as if the books needed me somehow, and they were calling out to me and I was forsaking them.
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Tales of passion -...
forsaken planet in any War today most of the casualties are civilians mainly women and children they are collateral damage men run the world and look at the mess we have what kind of world do we want this is a fundamental question that
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The Japanese folktale of...
Touching the body would defile his spirit, draining his life force and leaving him forsaken by the kami. But as he listened to her cries, his sympathy soared. And so, they buried the old woman together,
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"The Land That God Had...
forsaken long considered one of the harshest environments on earth and for good reason summertime we start to hit a hundred usually in mid-april and usually don't continue with that through mid-october
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Isabel Allende: Tales of...
more than technology and design and entertainment. I can promise you that women working together -- linked, informed and educated -- can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.
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Safari Live - Day 194 PIPE...
that's alright Rosalind yes we do find giraffes absolutely from time to time sometimes there are many sometimes you swear that they've all forsaken us for no real
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Safari Live - Day 138 PIPE...
there is not much going on there is one lonely gypto goose its partners squandered forsaking it no no there it is I know that's a vehicle that's what
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How understanding...
"Till death do us part." When we get married, we make vows. To love, to honor, to forsake all others.
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The power of introverts...
forsaking them but I did forsake them and I didn't open that suitcase again until I was back home with my family at the end of the summer now I tell you this story about summer camp I could have told you fifty others just like it all the times that I got the message
Video examples
Bill Strickland:...
And in the back of the room, a woman stood up and she said, "In 35 years of living in this God forsaken place, you're the only person that's come down here and treated us with dignity. I'm going with you, man." And she turned that audience around on a pin.
Video examples
The power of introverts...
back in their suitcase, and I put them under my bed, and there they stayed for the rest of the summer. And I felt kind of guilty about this. I felt as if the books needed me somehow, and they were calling out to me and I was forsaking them.
Video examples
Tales of passion -...
forsaken planet in any War today most of the casualties are civilians mainly women and children they are collateral damage men run the world and look at the mess we have what kind of world do we want this is a fundamental question that
Video examples
The Japanese folktale of...
Touching the body would defile his spirit, draining his life force and leaving him forsaken by the kami. But as he listened to her cries, his sympathy soared. And so, they buried the old woman together,
Video examples
"The Land That God Had...
forsaken long considered one of the harshest environments on earth and for good reason summertime we start to hit a hundred usually in mid-april and usually don't continue with that through mid-october
Video examples
Isabel Allende: Tales of...
more than technology and design and entertainment. I can promise you that women working together -- linked, informed and educated -- can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 194 PIPE...
that's alright Rosalind yes we do find giraffes absolutely from time to time sometimes there are many sometimes you swear that they've all forsaken us for no real
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 138 PIPE...
there is not much going on there is one lonely gypto goose its partners squandered forsaking it no no there it is I know that's a vehicle that's what
Video examples
How understanding...
"Till death do us part." When we get married, we make vows. To love, to honor, to forsake all others.
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Quote examples
Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
How sweet it is to learn the Savior's love when nobody else loves us! When friends flee, what a blessed thing it is to see that the Savior does not forsake us but still keeps us and holds us fast and clings to us and will not let us go!
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Barack Obama
American President
What I'm asking for is hard. It's easier to be cynical; to accept that change isn't possible, and politics is hopeless, and to believe that our voices and actions don't matter. But if we give up now, then we forsake a better future.
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Megan Phelps-Roper
American Activist
My life was forever changed by people who took the time and had the patience to learn my story and to share theirs with me. They forsook judgment and came to me with kindness and empathy and the impact of that decision was huge.
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John Eldredge
American Author
When a woman forsakes her vulnerability because she's been hurt or because she lives in a dangerous world or doesn't want to be used, she loses something essential about being a woman.
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Joseph Addison
English Writer
Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner.
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Adrian Peterson
American Athlete
No matter how many flaws we have, our God is so forgiving and understanding. He'll never leave you or forsake you. So that brings peace to me.
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Isabel Allende
Chilean Writer
I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.
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Harry Browne
American Writer
It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.
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Marcel Proust
French Author
People can have many different kinds of pleasure. The real one is that for which they will forsake the others.
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Molly Ivins
American Journalist
We liberals do sometimes forsake our vows of compassion for all mankind.
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Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
How sweet it is to learn the Savior's love when nobody else loves us! When friends flee, what a blessed thing it is to see that the Savior does not forsake us but still keeps us and holds us fast and clings to us and will not let us go!
Quote examples
Barack Obama
American President
What I'm asking for is hard. It's easier to be cynical; to accept that change isn't possible, and politics is hopeless, and to believe that our voices and actions don't matter. But if we give up now, then we forsake a better future.
Quote examples
Megan Phelps-Roper
American Activist
My life was forever changed by people who took the time and had the patience to learn my story and to share theirs with me. They forsook judgment and came to me with kindness and empathy and the impact of that decision was huge.
Quote examples
John Eldredge
American Author
When a woman forsakes her vulnerability because she's been hurt or because she lives in a dangerous world or doesn't want to be used, she loses something essential about being a woman.
Quote examples
Joseph Addison
English Writer
Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner.
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Adrian Peterson
American Athlete
No matter how many flaws we have, our God is so forgiving and understanding. He'll never leave you or forsake you. So that brings peace to me.
Quote examples
Isabel Allende
Chilean Writer
I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.
Quote examples
Harry Browne
American Writer
It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.
Quote examples
Marcel Proust
French Author
People can have many different kinds of pleasure. The real one is that for which they will forsake the others.
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Molly Ivins
American Journalist
We liberals do sometimes forsake our vows of compassion for all mankind.
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