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  • present participle of maroon.

marooning

NOUN
desertion
Synonyms
STRONGEST
betrayal
STRONG
abrogation apostasy avoidance backsliding departure derelict dereliction disaffection disavowal divorce elusion escape evasion falseness flight forsaking leaving perfidy rejection relinquishment renunciation repudiation resignation retirement retreat secession tergiversation treachery truancy withdrawal
WEAK
absconding castoff defecting departing disavowing falling away going back on recreancy running out on
Antonyms
STRONG
allowance approval arrival coming meeting ratification stay
WEAK
aid assistance help staying
NOUN
withdrawal
Synonyms
STRONGEST
departure disengagement exit exodus resignation retirement
STRONG
abandonment abdication abjuration alienation disavowal disclaimer egress egression extraction recall recantation relinquishment repudiation rescission retreat revocation revulsion secession
WEAK
exiting palinode
Antonyms
STRONGEST
arrival coming entrance
WEAK
remainder stay

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So we rode and rode, who but we, and dined gaily under spreading trees, boasting of the brave deeds we would do when we had tracked the black Marooning vagabonds to their lair.

From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by Sala, George Augustus

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