Forsake

//fɔːˈseɪk//

Synonyms for "forsake" (71 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (15)

abandon abdicate abjure back back out be unfaithful beg off break faith cast off chuck cry off defect deny

Verb(2 words)

Strong matches (21)

depart depart from desert discard drop drop out emigrate evacuate fail flee forgo forswear give give up go go back on have done with jettison jilt

Verb(2 words)

desert desolate

Related words (35)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

1 entries

leave

Synonyms

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abandon

derived

9 entries

forsaken forsakenly forsakenness forsaker forsaking godforsaken godforsakenly godforsakenness unforsaken

derived from

1 entries

sake

form of

1 entries

foresake

related to

4 entries

abandon leave permanently renounce

Translations

63 translations across 35 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

καταλείπω verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Arabic

1 entries

هَجَرَ verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Armenian

1 entries

լքել verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Bulgarian

2 entries

изоставям verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
напускам verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Catalan

1 entries

abandonar verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

拋棄 /抛弃 verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
放棄 /放弃 verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Dutch

2 entries

opgeven verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
verzaken verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Estonian

1 entries

hülgama verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Finnish

1 entries

hylätä verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

French

2 entries

abandonner verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
renoncer verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

German

3 entries

aufgeben verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
im Stich lassen verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
verlassen verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Gothic

1 entries

𐌰𐍆𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Greek

4 entries

απαρνούμαι verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
αποκηρύσσω verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
εγκαταλείπω verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
παρατώ verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Hungarian

1 entries

cserben hagy verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Indonesian

1 entries

menelantarkan verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Irish

1 entries

tréig verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Italian

2 entries

abbandonare verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
rinunciare verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Japanese

2 entries

放棄する verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
見捨てる verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Kazakh

2 entries

безу verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
тастау verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Latin

2 entries

dēserō verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
relinquō verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Norwegian

2 entries

forlate verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
forsake verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Ottoman Turkish

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براقمق verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Polish

2 entries

opuścić verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
porzucić verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Portuguese

1 entries

abandonar verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Romanian

4 entries

abandona verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
lepăda verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
lăsa verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
părăsi verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Russian

4 entries

оста́вить verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
оставля́ть verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
поки́нуть verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
покида́ть verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

trèig verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

napustiti verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Sikkimese

1 entries

ཀོས verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Spanish

4 entries

abandonar verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
desamparar verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
jaquir verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
naufragar verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Swedish

2 entries

försaka verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
överge verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Tocharian B

1 entries

ār verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Turkish

3 entries

bırakmak verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
terketmek verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))
vazgeçmek verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Woiwurrung

1 entries

yeaninin verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Yiddish

1 entries

אַוועקוואַרפֿן verb (to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something))

Sample sentences

29 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I can't forsake a friend in trouble.

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He could not forsake his friend in trouble.

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I won't forsake you.

Source: tatoeba (395906)

He who seeketh horse or wife without flaws, may forsake his work and bear in mind that bed and stable forever empty he will keep.

Source: tatoeba (409211)

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