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]