abandon

[uh-ban-duhn] / əˈbæn dən /

NOUN

careless disregard for consequences

Synonyms

STRONGEST

spontaneity

STRONG

disregard freedom impulse licentiousness recklessness thoughtlessness unrestraint wantonness wildness

WEAK

uninhibitedness

Antonyms

WEAK

restraint self-restraint

VERB

leave behind, relinquish

Synonyms

STRONGEST

desert discard discontinue ditch drop out dump leave pull out quit stop surrender vacate withdraw

STRONG

abdicate drop duck dust screw yield

WEAK

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

Antonyms

STRONGEST

advance allow begin come continue go hold keep maintain persevere remain start stay

WEAK

adopt assert cherish defend favor pursue retain support uphold

VERB

leave in troubled state

Synonyms

STRONGEST

desert forsake leave leave behind quit reject renounce

STRONG

disown jilt

WEAK

back out throw over walk out on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

allow approve come continue stay

WEAK

adopt assert cherish defend favor keep pursue retain support uphold

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But he is likely to face increasing pressure to abandon this pledge.

From The Wall Street Journal

Has new advice and liberty raised his already stellar game—or caused him to abandon what got him there?

From The Wall Street Journal

Just because you care about him deeply does not mean you should abandon your life here or your career.

From MarketWatch

That fort was built around 85 CE and abandoned by 91/92 CE.

From Science Daily

This family began diversifying during the mid-Cretaceous period, roughly 100 million years ago -- making it one of the earliest land plant lineages to abandon photosynthesis entirely.

From Science Daily

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