forsake
forsake
/fəˈseɪk/
(literary)
1 forsake somebody/something (for somebody/something) to leave somebody/something, especially when you have a responsibility to stay
He had made it clear to his wife that he would never forsake her.
2 forsake something (for somebody/something) to stop doing something, or leave something, especially something that you enjoy
She forsook the glamour of the city and went to live in the wilds of Scotland.
Word Origin
Old English forsacan ‘renounce, refuse’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch verzaken, and ultimately to for- and sake1.
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