Reverse Dictionary: FORSAKE

ADJECTIVES
► CAST thrown off, disused, worn out, abandoned, forsaken → 1597
► LASS-LORN forsaken by one’s lass or sweetheart → 1610 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► TURN-AWAY a deserter, a forsaker → 1688 obs.
► TURN-TAIL a person who abandons or forsakes his former associates or principles; also, a coward → 1621

VERBS
► ABAND to abandon, to forsake → 1559 obs.
► BANDON to forsake, to abandon → 1587 obs.
► BELEAVE to go away from a person or place; to depart from, to forsake, to quit, to abandon → c1205 obs.
► DECLINE to abandon, to forsake, to give up a practice → 1672 obs.
► GUERPE to abandon, to forsake → 1646 obs.
► GUERPISH to abandon, to forsake → 1484 obs.
► LEAVE AT THE CHURCH to abandon, to forsake; to leave in a position of unexpected difficulty → 1994 (Bk.)
► LEAVE HIGH AND DRY to abandon, to forsake; to leave in a position of unexpected difficulty → 1994 (Bk.)
► LEAVE IN THE LURCH to abandon, to forsake; to leave in a position of unexpected difficulty → 1596
► LET to quit, to abandon, to forsake → c1175 obs.
► LINQUISH to abandon, to forsake → 1591 obs.
► LOTE to fail to support or help; to forsake → a1325 obs.
► QUAT ► QUATE to leave, to depart from; to forsake; to relinquish, to give up, to let go → 1714 Sc.
► SAKE to forsake → 1896 Eng. dial.
► TURN TAIL ON to abandon, to forsake → 1624 obs.
► WAIVE 1. to cast aside, to relinquish, to forsake the truth, one’s faith or god, a state or condition, etc. → 1303 obs.
2. to abandon, to leave, to desert; to forsake a person, place, thing → c1330 obs.