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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
But residents are now being offered the chance to win eternal rest in abandoned heritage graves at the sites when the end finally comes -- as long as they agree to restore them first.
At Mount Weather in Virginia, the government expanded an abandoned mine, constructing a small city inside the mountain: reservoir, power plants, sewage plants, cafeterias, a hospital, a crematorium.
Fish who’d spent their whole lives in those reefs abandoned their homes and swam out to open water.
While policymakers debated the wisdom of abandoning manufacturing, American identity was transforming.
It’s also the first brand that I tried after abandoning my daily cups of Folgers.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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