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Noun: forsaking  for'sey-king
  1. The act of forsaking
    - giving up
     
  2. The act of giving something up
    - abandonment, desertion
Verb: forsake (forsook,forsaken)  for'seyk
  1. Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
    "The mother forsook her children"
    - abandon, desolate, desert

Derived forms: forsakings

Type of: forgoing, forswearing, leave, rejection, renunciation

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