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Definición y significado de forsaking
forsaking
- present participle of forsake (verb)
Definición
forsake (v. trans.)
1.leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch"The mother deserted her children"
forsaking (n.)
1.the act of giving something up
2.the act of forsaking
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Merriam Webster
ForsakeFor*sake" (?), v. t. [imp. Forsook (?); p. p. Forsaken (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Forsaking.] [AS. forsacan to oppose, refuse; for- + sacan to contend, strive; akin to Goth. sakan. See For-, and Sake.]
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.
Sinónimos
forsake (v.)
abandon, desert, discard, forgo, leave, leave behind, leave in the lurch, let down, quit, relinquish, renounce, run out on, turn away from, walk out on
forsake (v. trans.)
abandon, desert, desolate, forswear, leave behind, leave in the lurch, let down, run out on, turn away from, walk out on
forsaking (n.)
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forsake (v. trans.)
forsaking (n.)
↗ abandon, desert, desolate, forsake, forswear, leave behind, leave in the lurch, let down, run out on, turn away from, walk out on
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