Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
forsake (verb)transitive verb
to renounce or turn away from entirely - friends have forsaken her forsook the theater for politics abandon
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
forsake (verb)to cause to remain behind
SYNONIMS:
abandon, desert, forsake, maroon, quit, strandRELATED WORDS:
discard, ditch, dump, fling, jettison, junk, scrap, shed, shuck (off), throw away, throw out; deliver, give up, hand over, relinquish, surrender, yield; escape, retreat (from), take off (from), vacate, withdraw (from); abjure, cut off, disown, reject, renounce, repudiate, separate (from); sacrifice; distance; disregard, forget, ignore, neglectNEAR ANTONYMS:
harbor, have, hold, keep, own, possess, reserve, retain, withhold; redeem, rescue, save