forsaker
Person who leaves
A forsaker is someone who abandons or renounces something—a person, a cause, a way of life.
The word carries weight: you don't forsake trivial things.
He was a forsaker of his faith, a forsaker of oaths.
The term is literary and uncommon, appearing mostly in religious or formal contexts.
One who forsakes
- deserterOne who abandons duty
- leaverOne who exits
- quitterOne who surrenders
- relinquisherOne who surrenders something
abdicator · disowner · estranged · dropout · withdrawer · seceder · defector · outcast
One who breaks allegiance
- traitorOne who betrays allegiance
- turncoatOne who betrays allegiance
- backstabberDisloyal pretend ally
- double-crosserOne who deceives confederates
apostate · renegade · defector · recreant · Judas · disloyal · unfaithful · perfidious
abandoner
One who forsakes
relinquisher · abdicator · disowner · estranged · dropout · withdrawer · seceder · defector · outcast · exile
betrayer
One who breaks allegiance
- traitorOne who betrays allegiance
- turncoatOne who betrays allegiance
- backstabberDisloyal pretend ally
double-crosser · apostate · renegade · defector · recreant · Judas · disloyal · unfaithful · perfidious · treacherous
renouncer
One who disavows
- repudiatorOne who rejects completely
- disavowerOne who disclaims
- rejecterOne who declines
recanter · denier · refuser · abstainer · ascetic · relinquisher · abdicator · forswear · apostate · heretic
- god forsakenAbandoned by the divine
- forsaking all othersMarital fidelity pledge