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abandon
noun as in careless disregard for consequences
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disregard, freedom, impulse, licentiousness, recklessness, thoughtlessness, unrestraint, wantonness, wildness
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verb as in leave behind, relinquish
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desert, discard, discontinue, ditch, drop out, dump, leave, pull out, quit, stop, surrender, vacate, withdraw
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back out, bail out, bow out, chicken out, cop out, cut loose, flake out, fly the coop, give up the ship, kiss goodbye, leg it, let go, opt out, run out on, ship out, storm out, take a powder, take a walk, throw over, walk out on, wash hands of
verb as in leave in troubled state
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Example Sentences
As a child, Alonzo’s family squatted in an abandoned diner; now, after decades of hard work, she can put her bills on autopay.
These challenges are presented as inevitable consequences of abandoning divinely ordained feminine roles – positioning religious tradwives’ messages as not merely personal opinions, but sacred truths.
Cooper said extremists on both sides were seeking to abandon any prospect of a two-state solution, which the UK had a moral obligation to revive.
After the government abandoned plans to tighten eligibility for Pips, it set up a review of the payments by disability minister Sir Stephen Timms.
It was a return to a plan first proposed by President George W. Bush in 2004, then abandoned by President Obama in 2010, asserting the moon as a vital part of American ambitions in space.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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