Akademik

forsaking

noun

1. the act of forsaking

• Syn: ↑giving up

• Derivationally related forms: ↑forsake

• Hypernyms: ↑renunciation, ↑forgoing, ↑forswearing

2. the act of giving something up

• Syn: ↑abandonment, ↑desertion

• Derivationally related forms: ↑desert (for: ↑desertion), ↑abandon (for: ↑abandonment)

• Hypernyms: ↑rejection

• Hyponyms: ↑exposure, ↑apostasy, ↑tergiversation, ↑bolt

Useful english dictionary. 2012.