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• n  the act of forsaking
• n  the act of giving something up
• v  leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

• In several Malaysian states, forsaking Islam is a crime punishable by prison time.
• In Kelantan state, Muslim women must wear headscarves in public, while several states have made forsaking Islam a crime that can result in prison time.
• Old-school birthing is back in style, with well-read women forsaking obstetricians for midwives and epidurals for warm baths.

• giving up
• abandonment
• desertion
• abandon
• forsake
• desolate
• desert

News & Articles

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• Letter to the editor: Our moral slide is happening because we allow it to
  We go to churches that make us feel good with self-esteem but not much about the old time repenting and forsaking of sin.
  June 28, 2013 - Bristol Herald Courier

Quotes

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• Condoleezza Rice in Telegraph.co.uk
  Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, added: "The Mugabe regime cannot be considered legitimate in the absence of a run-off. In forsaking the most basic tenet of governance, the protection of its people, the government of Zimbabwe must be...
• Will Smith in Contactmusic.com
  Smith explains, "I mean, wow, (my HITCH co-star) EVA MENDES is freaking gorgeous. Our perspective is, You don't avoid what's natural. You're going to be attracted to people. In our marriage vows, we didn't say 'forsaking all others'. The vow that we...
• Sister Nirmala in Reuters
  They understood that even as thoughts of God forsaking her entered her mind, she never rejected God, such was her thirst for God, such was her greatness,Sister Nirmala told Reuters at the weekend. "Her letters are inspiring and it has...