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Definition of Forsaking
1. Noun. The act of forsaking.
Generic synonyms: Forgoing, Forswearing, Renunciation
Derivative terms: Forsake
2. Noun. The act of giving something up.
Generic synonyms: Rejection
Specialized synonyms: Exposure, Apostasy, Tergiversation, Bolt
Derivative terms: Abandon, Abandon, Desert
Definition of Forsaking
1. Verb. (present participle of forsake) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forsaking
1. forsake [v] - See also: forsake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forsaking
Literary usage of Forsaking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Church of England: From the Abolition of the Roman Jurisdiction by Richard Watson Dixon (1891)
"The accusation of heresy, and of forsaking the Church, was forcibly met by Latimer:
... would God it were well known what the forsaking of the Church is! ..."
2. Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Epistle to the Hebrews by Albert Barnes (1857)
"But there is no dan- grer that Christians will ever be excited 25 Not forsaking
the assembling of ourselves together, аз the manner of some is ,• but to ..."
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