forsake
                        
                            - verb (v)
                        
                        
                            
                    
                Meaning: abandon, turn one’s back on
    Synonyms: 
                        
            
                abdicate
            
            
                                cast off
                                change one’s tune
                                
            
                desert
            
            
                                
            
                disclaim
            
            
                                
            
                disown
            
            
                                drift away
                                
            
                forgo
            
            
                                
            
                forswear
            
            
                                give up
                                have done with
                                
            
                jettison
            
            
                                
            
                jilt
            
            
                                kiss goodbye
                                
            
                leave
            
            
                                leave flat
                                leave high and dry
                                
            
                quit
            
            
                                
            
                relinquish
            
            
                                
            
                renounce
            
            
                                
            
                repudiate
            
            
                                
            
                resign
            
            
                                run out on
                                set aside
                                show the door
                                
            
                spurn
            
            
                                
            
                surrender
            
            
                                take the oath
                                
            
                throw over
            
            
                                walk out on
                                wash one’s hands of
                                
            
                yield
            
            
            
                                                                                        
                                                                                    Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
