For·sake v. t. [imp. Forsook p. p. Forsaken p. pr. & vb. n. Forsaking.]
 1. To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity.
    If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments.   --Ps. lxxxix. 30.
 2. To renounce; to reject; to refuse.
    If you forsake the offer of their love.   --Shak.
 Syn: -- To abandon; quit; desert; fail; relinquish; give up; renounce; reject. See Abandon.

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 forsaking
      n 1: the act of forsaking [syn: giving up]
      2: the act of giving something up [syn: abandonment, desertion]