Forsake
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

DENY
Refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness"

STOP
A brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a stopover to visit their friends"

QUIT
Put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

DROP
The act of dropping something; "they expected the drop would be successful"

FAIL
Stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"

JILT
Cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly; "jilt a lover or a bride"

5 letters

FORGO
Be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

SCRAP
A small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used; "she jotted it on a scrap of paper"; "there was not a scrap left"

EMPTY
A container that has been emptied; "return all empties to the store"

SPURN
Reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"

YIELD
Production of a certain amount

CHUCK
Informal terms for a meal

DITCH
A long narrow excavation in the earth

LEAVE
The act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow"

BREAK
An escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned"

6 letters

DISOWN
Prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

DESERT
Arid land with little or no vegetation

DEFECT
A failing or deficiency; "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information"

DEPART
Go away or leave

RESIGN
Part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"

REJECT
Reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"

GIVEUP
Put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

GOBACK
Regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate"

BETRAY
Reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings"

MAROON
An exploding firework used as a warning signal

7 letters

NEGLECT
Willful lack of care and attention

BACKOUT
Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

DISCARD
Getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable

ABANDON
The trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon"

DROPOFF
Get worse; "My grades are slipping"

CASTOFF
Get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"

DIVERGE
Be at variance with; be out of line with

DECEIVE
Be false to; be dishonest with

8 letters

DESOLATE
Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"

RENOUNCE
Turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"

DISCLAIM
Make a disclaimer about; "He disclaimed any responsibility"

ABDICATE
Give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"

EVACUATE
Excrete or discharge from the body

SETASIDE
Make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"

DISAGREE
Be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions"

RUNOUTON

JETTISON
Throw as from an airplane

OVERRIDE
Prevail over; "health considerations override financial concerns"

FORSWEAR
Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

9 letters

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REPUDIATE
Refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement"

SUPERCEDE
Take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"

THROWAWAY
Words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis

THROWOVER

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SURRENDER
The act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"

DRIFTAWAY
Lose personal contact over time; "The two women, who had been roommates in college, drifted apart after they got married"

10 letters

RELINQUISH
Release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"

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