(v. t.) To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity.
(v. t.) To renounce; to reject; to refuse.
Example Sentences:
(1) In medical practice today, doctors are forsaking giving of advice, for fear of malpractice suits, while shifting the focus to the fetal rights debate.
(2) But I have lower standards than Slate because I really don't care why Hov and Bey are forsaking meat, fish and dairy as there are too many other compensations here.
(3) More recently Rowland appears to have decided to forsake his privacy and take an active role in British party politics.
(4) However some, like David Smith, a 53-year-old IT project manager, fear the EU council’s draft guidelines – which give Spain a veto over any arrangements on a future relationship with the territory – mean the UK will be forced to forsake the territory, giving it with no choice but to seek independence.
(5) It is urged that advocates of psychosomatic medicine give the concept of "holism" meaning at the most fundamental level by establishing a rational basis for theory, or else forsake this line of research for others which yield causal relationships conductive to effective therapy.
(6) From Walter Raleigh robbing Spanish galleons through the Empire to the rise of the turbo-charged gambling banks, 400 years of history tells us that deep in the DNA of the British there is a propeller forcing us to forsake planning in favour of dodging and weaving to make our way in the world.
(7) Gradually, he came to write fewer vituperative articles and more ruminative ones on music (especially Wagner), literature and the arts, though never forsaking his pet hates - lawyers, especially judges, and home secretaries, nor his second love after music - food.
(8) In fact, it would make better sense for policies to forsake the arcane rural and urban lines of directing investment and recognise that India’s urbanity lies on the points of connections between these abstractions.
(9) With every atrocity, they hope that America grows fearful, retreating from the world and forsaking our friends.
(10) These are admittedly extravagant additions and the leavened dough crust requires a little effort, too, but if this pudding didn't merit the work I'd be the first to forsake it.
(11) That we are less than pleased with the results in measures of workplace safety performance during the last decade and a half is not a reason to forsake the inspection process.
(12) Of importance in optimal diabetes therapy and in sexual dysfunction research in diabetics is the integration of emotional and behavioral aspects without forsaking the somatic factors.
(13) Turkey’s media faces 'unprecedented crisis', says English PEN Read more Coming on top of Erdoğan’s controversial military crackdown on Kurdish areas in the east and south-east of the country, newspaper and other media closures , prosecutions of leading editors and journalists, and his recent remarks urging Muslim women to forsake careers and have more children , the new law may result in a permanent freezing of Turkey’s already mostly moribund EU accession talks.
(14) Wuthering Heights forsakes Arnold's beloved housing estates altogether – though even the most forbidding of these would resemble Paris in springtime next to the rain-lashed moors near the Pennine Way where Arnold filmed her adaptation.
(15) Yes, it is awful at that time for that year group, but surely the next year will be better for them rather than saying we are going to forsake the next five years of that child's education.
(16) And as “the big four” take investment money to grow, smaller coffee shops – the young indies – will not only fill the space but expand on it by relying on hyper-local focus, transparency and sustainable initiatives like solar-powered spaces (like Salt Lake City’s Publik Coffee Roasters ), minimizing their menus (Culver City, California’s Bar Nine) and even forsaking brick and mortar for a recycled airstream (Seattle’s Slate Coffee ).
(17) The authors suggest (1) that admission interview scores help schools to identify more clearly those applicants most likely to become strong, competitive performers in residency and (2) that the significant relationship between interview scores and dean's letter ratings indicates a need to discover what qualities the interview actually measures and to consider the methods by which interviewers are trained, rather than to forsake the interview.
(18) Roger Greatorex London • Saying sorry for the Iraq war may not help Labour win the election, but it is another sign of Jeremy Corbyn being someone who is willing to forsake political pragmatism and short-term political gain (eg, winning an election) in support of broader, deeper-held values and principles (eg, we were wrong in starting the Iraq war, and the world is a worse place for it – see Isis).
(19) There was complete clearing of 12 patients (66 p. 100); 2 patients (11 p. 100) improved cutaneous lesions without a complete clearing, and there was no response to treatment for 3 patients (22 p. 100) (1 with erythrodermia, 1 with Sézary syndrom and 1 stage IV, and 1 forsaking).
(20) Putin has made a concerted effort to woo those who forsake the west.
Sake
Definition:
(n.) Final cause; end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive; reason; interest; concern; account; regard or respect; -- used chiefly in such phrases as, for the sake of, for his sake, for man's sake, for mercy's sake, and the like; as, to commit crime for the sake of gain; to go abroad for the sake of one's health.
Example Sentences:
(1) This is no doubt a captain’s pick by Malcolm Turnbull and we hope for the sake of the relationship that it has been a good pick.” The planned appointment of Hockey to the Washington role has been one of the worst-kept secrets in Australian politics .
(2) "With hindsight," he writes, "it was a trumped-up excuse for radical activism for its own sake."
(3) This creativity frequently emerges from an aesthetic, poetic sense of freedom derived from work, an uninhibited playful activity of exploring a medium for its own sake.
(4) As she states in her editor’s forward to the first issue, Toor decided to publish a bilingual journal because she intended the magazine to be read by “high school and University students of Spanish … as well as to those who are interested in folklore and the Indian for their own sakes.” She adds: “Moreover, much beauty is lost in translating.” Toor presents herself as a competent cultural translator, should there be any doubt on the part of her readership.
(5) An immensely cerebral man, who trained himself to need only six hours of sleep - believing that a woman should have seven and only a fool eight - Mishcon was not a man given to small talk, nor one who would tolerate prattle for the sake of it.
(6) He didn't go to university, but says he discovered the joy of learning for learning's sake when he was tutored on the Harry Potter sets.
(7) I adored Chez Elles in Brick Lane's Banglatown; and Otto's , on Gray's Inn Road, looks set to be the capital's next insider secret, with a menu that doesn't appear to have met the 21st century: it does canard à la presse, for goodness sake.
(8) Louisa Bojesen (@louisabojesen) Are European govts unable to put aside their national interests for the sake of commercial business?
(9) "He must go for the sake of Libya," is a view expressed in whispers.
(10) Symptomatic treatment is essential, both of the sake of patients and those who attend them.
(11) But there would be a straightforward way to end this suffering for the sake of a few pounds a week: reform council tax.
(12) In most cases, the operation is performed for combined indications and, quite frequently, for the sake of the fetus.
(13) It is also important for the sake of the people you work with to treat them with respect and bring an element of humour and consideration into your work.
(14) But as Conservatives we don't believe in opposition for opposition's sake.
(15) The distillery sold more than one million cases of Glenfiddich, but Trump continued: "Glenfiddich should be ashamed of themselves for granting this award to Forbes, just for the sake of publicity.
(16) But because it included such spectacular but uncommon offences as homicide, rape and knife crime, some statistic could always be made to "soar" for the sake of a headline.
(17) Change is in the wind, and our tort system will be blown away on the winds of change for change's sake unless we participate in correcting deficiencies in the tort system and civil jury trial process."
(18) On an individual level, the two-thirds of people who are overweight need to be encouraged by GPs to try to lose weight for the sake of their health, Jebb said.
(19) The internal fistula need not be a seriuos complication of Crohn's disease and should not serve as an indication for surgical correction for its own sake.
(20) It must be restored for the sake of all, but most especially for the sake of those living in the affected communities,” Trump said.