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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
Strongest matches
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
Less than a year later, the company is abandoning a million elderly Americans to protect its margins.
Would he really abandon Ole Miss on the eve of the College Football Playoff for Florida or Louisiana State, fellow SEC schools and established national powers hunting for head coaches?
In September, Burnham said he had "no intention of abandoning Manchester" but did not rule out challenging Sir Keir.
This growing crisis is manufactured, so why are we abandoning such successful programs that nearly defeated such crises?
"What was wrong with the bill three months ago is still wrong today," Higgins wrote on X. "It abandons 250 years of criminal justice procedure in America."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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