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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
Plans to ban passengers from a peak train service between Manchester and London have been abandoned after a U-turn by the government's rail safety regulator.
Lawyers representing immigrants in prolonged detention say the government is keeping people locked up in hopes of wearing down their clients so they abandon their fight to remain in the U.S.
Or they have to abandon equality and issue team orders that require Piastri to support Norris.
Camite was briefly used as a riot control agent by the American police post-World War One, but was abandoned after safer options such as CS gas were invented.
"He brings hope when the Lebanese feel abandoned and we feel uplifted," he says.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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