FORSAKE

v. 1 abandon, desert, quit, leave, flee, depart, vacate He forsook balmy California to dig for gold in the Klondike 2 abandon, desert, leave, jilt, reject, throw over, jettison, cast off She has forsaken Michael for another man 3 give up, yield, renounce, repudiate, relinquish, forgo, forswear, surrender, resign, abdicate, recant, deny, have or be done with, turn one's back on: Would you forsake a throne for the love of a woman?