| Main Entry: | forsake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, turn one's back on |
Synonyms: |
abdicate, cast off, change one's tune, desert, disclaim, disown, drift away, forgo, forswear, give up, have done with, jettison, jilt, kiss goodbye, leave, leave flat, leave high and dry, quit, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, run out on, set aside, show the door, spurn, surrender, take the oath, throw over, walk out on, wash one's hands of, yield |
Antonyms: |
go back, rediscover, return, revert |
| Main Entry: | give in/give up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | admit defeat |
Synonyms: |
abandon, back down, bail out, bow out, buckle under, capitulate, cave in, cease, cede, chicken out, collapse, comply, concede, cry uncle, cut out, desist, despair, drop, drop like a hot potato, fold, forswear, hand over, leave off, pull out, quit, relinquish, resign, stop, submit, surrender, take the oath, throw in the towel, waive, walk out on, wash one's hands of, yield |
Antonyms: |
fight, hold out, stand up to, withstand |
| Main Entry: | repudiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reject; turn one's back on |
Synonyms: |
abandon, abjure, apostatize, banish, be against, break with, cast, cast off, cut off, decline, default, defect, demur, deny, desert, disacknowledge, disapprove, disavow, discard, disclaim, dishonor, disinherit, dismiss, disown, dump, flush*, fly in the face of, forsake, nix, oust, rat, recant, refuse, renounce, repeal, reprobate, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, spurn, tergiversate, tergiverse, turn, turn down, wash one's hands of |
Antonyms: |
admit, approve |