forsaking
Giving up entirely
Forsaking is giving something up or abandoning it entirely.
The word carries weight—you forsake commitments, beliefs, or people who depend on you: forsaking all others, forsaking his vows.
It implies a deliberate turning away, often with moral gravity or finality.
Something presented or given
- altarSacred ritual table
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- oblationReligious gift offering
- immolationSacrificial killing, often burning
devotion · atonement · penance · consecration · dedication · propitiation · libation · purification
Voluntarily give up control
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- abdicationFormal surrender of power
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
- renounceFormally give up
disavowal · repudiation · waiver · abjuration · recantation · forfeiture · divestment · cession
Leave behind permanently
- leaveSanctioned time away
- desertTo leave behind completely
- discardDeliberately throw out
- neglectFailure to provide care
reject · disown · jilt · strand · renounce · repudiate · withdraw · quit
Deliberate violation of trust
- disloyaltyBreach of allegiance
- infidelityDisloyalty to a partner
- unfaithfulnessBreach of romantic commitment
- backstabbingCovert betrayal of trust
double-cross · perfidy · treason · apostasy · deception · cheating · sedition · traitor
offering
Something presented or given
immolation · devotion · atonement · penance · consecration · dedication · propitiation · libation · purification · martyrdom
relinquish
Voluntarily give up control
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- abdicationFormal surrender of power
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
renounce · disavowal · repudiation · waiver · abjuration · recantation · forfeiture · divestment · cession · release
abandon
Leave behind permanently
neglect · reject · disown · jilt · strand · renounce · repudiate · withdraw · quit · estrangement
treachery
Deliberate violation of trust
- disloyaltyBreach of allegiance
- infidelityDisloyalty to a partner
- unfaithfulnessBreach of romantic commitment
backstabbing · double-cross · perfidy · treason · apostasy · deception · cheating · sedition · traitor · defect
- giving upgive up, giving up, quit, quitting, surrender
- letting goletting go, forgive, giving up, let go, relinquishing
- abandonment lawabandonment, neglect, desertion, relinquishment, derelict
- declinedecline, in decline, decrease, downswing, on the decline
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
- disconnectiondisconnection, unplug, detach, sever, separation
forsakingloyalty
Faithful commitment to another
standing by · devotion · fidelity · allegiance · keeping faith
forsakingclinging to
Gripping without releasing
keeping · retaining · accompanying · maintaining · preserving
forsakingembracing
Holding warmly, willingly accepting
accepting · welcoming · adopting · cherishing · clinging to
- forsaking all othersMarital fidelity pledge