forsakest

You leave behind

Forsakest is an archaic second-person singular form of forsake, meaning you abandon or renounce.

Found almost exclusively in older religious texts and poetry: Why forsakest thou me?

The form survives mainly through the King James Bible and similar translations.

betrayal

treachery

Deliberate violation of trust

turncoat · apostasy · breaketh · false · unfaithful · traitorous · Judas · Peter · covenant · oath

scriptural

thou

Archaic second-person pronoun

  • theeSecond-person object, antiquated
  • thyOld possessive pronoun
  • thineYours, archaically

hast · doth · wherefore · verily · henceforth · psalm · proverb · commandment · covenant · Lord

abandonment

renounce

Formally give up

  • fleeDepart swiftly from threat
renunciation

abdicate

Formally renounce authority

monastic · worldly · flesh · pleasures · vanity · material · earthly · temporal · spiritual · devotion

Opposites
abandonment vs. commitment

forsakestembrace

Hold closely in arms

cherish · support · stand by

linguistic register

forsakestforsake

Abandon completely

abandon · desert · leave

Phrases
Family

forsake, forsaken, forsakes

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