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abandoning

NOUN

cancellation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abandonment abolition annulment dissolution elimination repeal retirement reversal revocation

STRONG

abrogation deletion dissolving invalidation nullification recall repudiation retraction undoing

WEAK

abolishing canceling invalidating overruling quashing recalling retracting reversing revoking withdrawing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

enactment validation

STRONG

confirmation

WEAK

allowance approval arrangement establishment permission

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For Scott, the journey from campaign launch to parliamentary debate has been a long and exhausting one, although one he could also not imagine abandoning.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

During the last earnings presentation, Netflix executives argued that abandoning their $82.7 billion bid for Warner Bros.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

“While we do not see Meta abandoning its pursuit of AGI/ ChatGPT clones, we think this could be the first catalyst to more rational spending,” he added.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Swann allows her sheep protagonists to express themselves in her book without abandoning their sheep identity.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

Only worse, because she’d broken the world she was abandoning them to.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder

abandoning

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