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
• Hypernyms: ↑rejection
• Hyponyms: ↑exposure, ↑apostasy, ↑tergiversation, ↑bolt
Useful english dictionary. 2012.