Definition of Forsaking

1. Noun. The act of forsaking.

Exact synonyms: Giving Up
Generic synonyms: Forgoing, Forswearing, Renunciation
Derivative terms: Forsake

2. Noun. The act of giving something up.
Exact synonyms: Abandonment, Desertion
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

forraying
forrays
forren
forridden
forrill
forrit
forsaid
forsake
forsaken
forsakenness
forsaker
forsakers
forsakes
forsakest
forsaketh
forsaking (current term)
forsay
forsaying
forsays
forsee
forseeable
forseek
forset
forshake
forshame
forshape
forshorten
forshrink
forshrunk
forshrunken

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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