Forsake

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.

Synonyms: abandon; quit; desert; fail; relinquish; give up; renounce; reject. See Abandon.