forsake

/fəˈseɪk/ verb [T] (past tense forsook, past participle forsaken) formal

Translation

LEAVE › to leave someone, especially when they need you

bırakıp gitmek, terketmek, yüzüstü bırakmak

He felt he couldn't forsake her when she was so ill.634

STOP › to stop doing or having something

...den/dan vazgeçmek, terketmek; yapmaktan/sahip olmaktan vazgeçmek

He decided to forsake politics for journalism.788

(Definition of forsake verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that they are not worth having

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