The phrase "a forsaking of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the act of abandoning or renouncing something, often in a formal or literary context.
Example: "The decision was seen as a forsaking of their long-held values and principles."
Alternatives: "a renunciation of" or "an abandonment of".
Mr. Baker's analysis of the concerted turn away from urban America by the G.O.P. reveals that a major consequence of this strategy is not just a forsaking of cities but also the alienation of a large swath of poor, working-class and minority voters.
That April 10 , 1964 recital in the Los Angeles hall was the last concert he ever gave -- a forsaking of the tradition of public performance that was unprecedented for such a young (31) and eminent interpreter of Bach and Beethoven.
However, though the Republican version happens to be more distasteful, the bill in either form represents a forsaking of the American labor force and a further entrenching of class divisions on the backs of Silicon Valley and its megalomaniacal goals.
Equal access to a promising future, investments in jobs and education, forsaking of the old tribal alliances and wars in pursuit of peace and creature comforts -- these things took root in this ancient, rocky place.
My forsaking of The New York Times was a different story; that mortification lasted not two years but more like two days.
Mr. Trump's trademarks — "Make America Great Again," and "America First" — underscore his forsaking of his country's traditional commitment to collective ideals.
Czechs have looked with growing alarm at what many perceive as Mr. Obama's forsaking of the free-market principles that this country ardently embraced after decades under Communism.
The project, eventually as all projects do, lost its lustre and produced its antithesis: the evangelical community's forsaking of society for the soul.
As I tackled these books last winter, I was exhilarated by the experience of reading for the first time something I had claimed to be familiar with, but I also had the sensation of forsaking a part of my past.
Having a Facebook page requires forsaking a degree of control many simply aren't comfortable with, Rhodes explained.
The President's approval ratings nationally are still too low to assure him of victory, and his strategy of forsaking an over-all campaign theme in favor of patching together a coalition on the basis of a number of different targeted messages is a risky one.
