verb
definition
To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce.
noun
definition
The act by which somebody is forsaken; an abandonment.
Examples of forsaking in a Sentence
From Giant's Castle to 1'lont-auxSources, in which, forsaking their general direction, the Drakensberg run S.E.
But his father, forsaking that trade, took to farming at an unpropitious time.
But this would have meant forsaking one of his ships, and Cradock was not the man to take this course.
It must have been at least after his Commentary on Seneca's De Clementia that his heart was "so subdued and reduced to docility that in comparison with his zeal for true piety he regarded all other studies with indifference, though not entirely forsaking them.
The vain attempts of the Gironde to reconcile the king and the Revolution, the ill-advised decree of the Assembly on the 8th of August, freeing La Fayette from his guilt in forsaking his army; his refusal to vote for the deposition of the king, and the suspected treachery of the court, led to the success of the republican forces when, on the 10th of August, the mob of Paris organized by the revolutionary Commune rose against the monarchy.
Augustine's City of God, published in 426, was an apologetic, not an historical work, but it had great influence in our field, for in it he undertook to answer the common heathen accusation that the growing misfortunes of the empire were due to the prevalence of Christianity and the forsaking of the gods of Rome.
It was not easy to execute this change of front with dignity, and impossible to do so without forsaking the principles on which they had hitherto acted.
Between invasion and home discontent, the tyrant was all but lost; but the Spartan Pharacidas stood his friend; the Carthaginians again suffered from pestilence in the marshes of Lysimelia; and after a masterly combined attack by land and sea by Dionysius Himilco went away utterly defeated, taking with him his Carthaginian troops and forsaking his allies.
I realized what the Orientals mean by contemplation and the forsaking of works.
Face framing streaks or highlights can also add a touch of blonde without completely forsaking your darker shade.
Here, the look is designed for those who have a full bustline, but because of the black band that sits under the breast, you won't have to worry about forsaking style for comfort.
One of the best advantages to this look is that it's able to provide modest coverage, without forsaking style.
Getting married encompasses more than just forsaking all others, it includes legal, emotional, physical and spiritual joint decision-making.
This firecracker of a shoe is designed to get you noticed without forsaking the must of comfort and fit.
And didn't wedding vows say something about forsaking all others?
When you forsake divine code, it has a way of forsaking you.
Forsaking the priesthood about 1864, he was employed as a diplomatist by the British government in Egypt, Asia Minor, the West Indies, and Bulgaria, being appointed resident minister in Uruguay in 1884; he died at Montevideo on the 30th of September 1888.