forlet

Etymology

From Middle English forleten (“forsake, reject, renounce, omit, lose, forgive”), from Old English forlǣtan (“to leave”), from Proto-Germanic *fralētaną (“to leave, dismiss”), equivalent to for- + let. Cognate with Scots forleet (“to forsake, abandon”), Saterland Frisian ferläite (“to forlet, abandon”), West Frisian forlitte (“to forlet”), Dutch verlaten (“to desert, abandon”), German verlassen (“to leave”), Swedish förlåta (“to excuse, forgive, remit”).

forlet means To abandon; give up; leave; leave behind; forsake; desert; neglect. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.

Why this word is great

FORLET — [Verb] To abandon, forsake, or leave behind; also, to forget. From Middle English forleten ("forsake, reject"), from Old English forlǣtan ("to leave"), from Proto-Germanic *fralētaną ("to leave, dismiss"), composed of for- (intensive prefix) + let ("to allow, leave"). Unlike "forsake" (which carries the weight of moral desertion) or "relinquish" (which implies a measured surrender), forlet is the quiet act of walking away without ceremony. It is the overgrown path no longer trodden, the half-remembered name on the tip of a tongue, or the way a child’s toy is left to gather dust in an attic corner—not discarded, merely slipped from thought, as time does its patient work.

verb

To abandon; give up; leave; leave behind; forsake; desert; neglect.“to forlet your sins”
To forget.