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Definition/Meaning

(verb)

depart from, leave behind, renounce, or abandon;

e.g. She decided to forsake her love for the good of her future.

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Similar Words

Abandon

Demit

Desert

Emigrate

From

Leave

Maroon

Quit

Strand

Waive

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Opposite Words

Abide

Accept

Accompany

Acquire

Adopt

Assume

Attend

Bear

Begin

Borrow

Chaperone

Cherish

Commence

Companion

Company

Complete

Consummate

Convoy

Cultivate

Defend

Develop

Embrace

Entertain

Escort

Espouse

Finalize

Finish

Form

Harbor

Have

Hold

Into

Justify

Keep

Kickoff

Launch

Leadoff

Maintain

Maintainability

Nurse

Onto

Open

Or

Own

Perfect

Polish

Possess

Redeem

Remain

Rescue

Reserve

Retain

Save

See

Shoulder

Squire

Standby

Stay

Stricken

Support

Takeover

Tarry

Undertake

Uphold

Withhold

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Related Words

Abdicate

Abdication

Abjure

Abnegate

Book

Bye

Cashier

Cast-off

Cede

Chock

Chuck

Cough

Deep-six

Deliver

Depart

Desert

Discard

Disown

Disregard

Distance

Ditch

Dump

Eighty

Eighty-six

Escape

Exit

Exorcise

Forget

Forswear

Get

Go

Hand over

Ignore

It

Jettison

Junk

Leave

Lose

Move

Neglect

Part

Pitch

Quit

Recant

Reject

Relinquish

Render

Renege

Renounce

Repeal

Repudiate

Resign

Retract

Sacrifice

Scrap

Set-aside

Shed

Six

Surrender

Takeoff

Throwaway

Toss

Unload

Unsay

Vacate

Withdraw

Yield

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Phrases

• kick the habit/break the habit

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