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Synonyms for ABANDON
əˈbæn dənaban·don
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
abandon
Abandon is a word of wide signification, applying to persons or things of any kind; abdicate and resign apply to office, authority, or power; cede to territorial possessions; surrender especially to military force, and more generally to any demand, claim, passion, etc. Quit carries an idea of suddenness or abruptness not necessarily implied in abandon, and may not have the same suggestion of finality. The king abdicates his throne, cedes his territory, deserts his followers, renounces his religion, relinquishes his titles, abandons his designs. A cowardly officer deserts his ship; the helpless passengers abandon it. We quit business, give up property, resign office, abandon a habit or a trust. Relinquish commonly implies reluctance; the fainting hand relinquishes its grasp; the creditor relinquishes his claim. Abandon implies previous association with responsibility for or control of; forsake implies previous association with inclination or attachment, real or assumed; a man may abandon or forsake house or friends; he abandons an enterprise; forsakes God. Abandon is applied to both good and evil action; a thief abandons his designs, a man his principles. Forsake, like abandon, may be used either in the favorable or unfavorable sense; desert is always unfavorable, involving a breach of duty, except when used of mere localities; as, "the Deserted Village." While a monarch abdicates, a president or other elected or appointed officer resigns. It was held that James II. abdicated his throne by deserting it.
Synonyms:
abdicate, abjure, cast off, cease, cede, depart from, desert, discontinue, forego, forsake, forswear, give up, leave, quit, recant, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, retire from, retract, surrender, vacate, withdraw fromAntonyms:
adopt, advocate, assert, cherish, claim, court, defend, favor, haunt, hold, keep, maintain, occupy, prosecute, protect, pursue, retain, seek, support, undertake, uphold, vindicate
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
abandon
Synonyms:
leave, forsake, desert, renounce, cease, relinquish, discontinue, castoff, resign, retire, quit, forego, forswear, depart from, vacate, surrender, abjure, repudiateAntonyms:
pursue, prosecute, undertake, seek, court, cherish, favor, protect, claim, maintain, defend, advocate, retain, support, uphold, occupy, haunt, hold, assert, vindicate, keep
Princeton's WordNet
abandon, wantonness, unconstraintnoun
the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
"she danced with abandon"
Synonyms:
wantonness, wildness, licentiousness, unconstraint, abandonwildness, abandonverb
a feeling of extreme emotional intensity
"the wildness of his anger"
Synonyms:
fury, unconstraint, abandon, wantonness, wildness, violence, vehemence, furiousness, ferocity, fiercenessabandonverb
forsake, leave behind
"We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"
abandon, give upverb
give up with the intent of never claiming again
"Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"
Synonyms:
spare, allow, abandon, forfeit, vacate, release, give up, forsake, forgo, kick, throw in, surrender, part with, fall by the wayside, desolate, lay off, waive, throw overboard, dispense with, cede, stop, empty, desert, relinquish, throw in the towel, deliver, resign, cease, chuck up the sponge, renounce, discontinue, drop out, free, drop by the wayside, forego, quitvacate, empty, abandonverb
leave behind empty; move out of
"You must vacate your office by tonight"
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overturn, abandon, lift, vacate, annul, rescind, countermand, discharge, evacuate, reverse, renounce, desolate, give up, resign, desert, revoke, empty, forsake, void, repealabandon, give upverb
stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
"He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations"
Synonyms:
spare, allow, abandon, forfeit, vacate, release, give up, forsake, forgo, kick, throw in, surrender, part with, fall by the wayside, desolate, lay off, waive, throw overboard, dispense with, cede, stop, empty, desert, relinquish, throw in the towel, deliver, resign, cease, chuck up the sponge, renounce, discontinue, drop out, free, drop by the wayside, forego, quitabandon, forsake, desolate, desertverb
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
"The mother deserted her children"
Synonyms:
waste, devastate, give up, desert, lay waste to, abandon, vacate, scourge, empty, depopulate, defect, forsake, ravage, desolate
Matched Categories
Editors Contribution
give upverb
give up an opportunity
i gave up my chance
Submitted by r.pisani on January 11, 2022
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
abandonnoun
Synonyms:
unrestraint, wantonnessabandonverb
Synonyms:
desert, forsake, forego, discard, relinquish, repudiate, waive, renounce, abdicate
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#42 | free | |
#625 | release | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1129 | leave | |
#1202 | allow | |
#1980 | waste | |
#2158 | drop | |
#2448 | void | |
#2720 | violence | |
#2964 | empty | |
#3214 | leaving | |
#3338 | deliver | |
#3815 | reverse | |
#4409 | desert | |
#4499 | lift | |
#5089 | kick | |
#5685 | discharge | |
#6027 | quit | |
#6173 | spare | |
#10327 | defect | |
#11444 | cease | |
#11564 | surrender | |
#12529 | retire | |
#12585 | fury | |
#14530 | abandon | |
#16588 | repeal | |
#17665 | discard | |
#18763 | waive | |
#19158 | flee | |
#19661 | resign | |
#22574 | abandonment | |
#22808 | discontinue | |
#22918 | revoke | |
#29516 | forfeit | |
#32560 | evacuate | |
#34999 | overturn | |
#35321 | scourge | |
#36359 | desolate | |
#36540 | vacate | |
#38092 | retract | |
#41807 | relinquish | |
#42606 | renounce | |
#45132 | rescind | |
#47832 | forsake | |
#49362 | forgo | |
#49931 | forego | |
#50417 | abandons | |
#63144 | ferocity | |
#66067 | cede | |
#79641 | ravage | |
#80071 | annul | |
#80715 | devastate | |
#82810 | repudiate | |
#83394 | wildness | |
#86052 | vehemence | |
#87973 | abdicate | |
#127230 | fierceness | |
#128134 | recant | |
#160707 | licentiousness | |
#180433 | wantonness | |
#212527 | abjure | |
#249199 | forswear | |
#295290 | countermand | |
#327541 | depopulate |
How to use ABANDON in a sentence?
Fundamentally what we can not do is abandon the science. We know that the safest place for kids to be is in-person learning in Chicago Public Schools, and we’ve spent hundreds of millions of dollars to make Chicago Public Schools safe. They are safe. We’ve got the data to demonstrate that. We’ve got to get the teacher’s union to get real and get serious about getting back into in-person learning.
I am ready to comply with any decision made by parliament in that regard. But if they are not able to make any decision, I cannot abandon my responsibilities.
Once you abandon the idea of a personal baseline, it becomes possible to think of emotional suffering as relapse—instead of something to be expected from an individual’s way of being in the world.
Doctors need to emphasize they will not abandon the patient with end-stage disease, and that there are ways to help that are not ‘active treatment,’.
Donald Trump has to understand he's running to be the commander in chief of the United States military, when you're doing so, if an individual gets rolled up and becomes a prisoner of war, then is he going to abandon them simply because he doesn't like people who are captured? I think that's a pretty inflammatory statement for somebody who is trying to be the commander-in-chief of the United States military.
Translations for ABANDON
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- يترك, انصرف, ينصرف, تَرَكَ, تخلىArabic
- пакідаць, пакінуцьBelarusian
- напускам, отказвам се от, изоставямBulgarian
- পরিত্যাগ করা, ক্ষান্তি দেওয়া, ছেড়ে দেওয়া, ছেড়ে চলে যাওয়াBengali
- deixar, abandonarCatalan, Valencian
- opustit, vzdát se, vzdávat seCzech
- gadaelWelsh
- forlade, udstøde, opgive, forvise, efterlade, løssluppenhedDanish
- aufgeben, aussetzen, zurücklassen, verlassen, Hingabe, Selbstvergessenheit, UngezwungenheitGerman
- παρατώ, εγκαταλείπω, απαρνούμαι, αποκηρύσσω, αφήνω, εγκατάλειψηGreek
- forlasi, postlasi, elpeli, senĝenecoEsperanto
- abandonar, suspender, renunciar, expulsar, desenfrenoSpanish
- دست کشیدن, ترک کردن, رها کردن, به حال خود رها کردن, بیخیالی, بیقیدیPersian
- hylätä, luovuttaa, jättää heitteille, antaa periksi, ajaa pois, luopua, riehakkuus, huolettomuusFinnish
- biu-taFijian
- abandonnerFrench
- lig ó, fág, tabhair suas, tréig, díbir, caith amachIrish
- fàg, thoir suas, trèig, thoir thairis, dìobairScottish Gaelic
- त्याग देना, छोड़ देना, परित्यागना, त्यागना, परित्यागHindi
- abandoneHaitian Creole
- լքել, հրաժարվելArmenian
- abandonar, relinquer, deserer, renunciarInterlingua
- við, yfirgefa, hættaIcelandic
- bandire, abbandonare, abbandonoItalian
- 捨てる, 見捨てる, 明け渡す, 放置する, 放棄する, 断念, 止めるJapanese
- қалдыру, тастауKazakh
- ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿKannada
- 방치하다, 포기하다, 단념하다, 버리다, 체관하다, 염단하다, 절념하다, 기치하다Korean
- dest jê ber dan, dev jê berdanKurdish
- relinquōLatin
- ປະຖິ້ມ, ເຊົາLao
- whakamahueMāori
- परित्याग करणे, सोडून देणे, त्यागणेMarathi
- verwerpen, afzien, terugnemen, opgeven, in de steek laten, prijsgeven, begeven, achterlaten, verlaten, afwijzen, afstand doen, verbannen, verzaken, ongedwongenheidDutch
- skrinlegge, avskrive, oppgi, forvise, forlate, overgivenhet, løssluppenhetNorwegian
- wyrzec się, opuszczać, porzucać, opuścić, wyganiać, wygonić, porzucićPolish
- abandonar, expulsar, largar mão, renunciar, desistir, abandonoPortuguese
- abandona, lepăda, părăsi, renunțaRomanian
- покидать, бросать, оставить, оставлять, бросить, покинуть, отказыватьсяRussian
- opúšťať, vzdávať sa, opustiť, vzdať saSlovak
- zapustiti, opustitiSlovene
- braktisAlbanian
- gå ifrån, förvisa, ge upp, frångå, lämna, överlämna, överge, avstå från, frigjordhet, hämningslöshet, nonchalans, otvungenhetSwedish
- கைவிடுதல்Tamil
- వదిలివేయు, వదిలివెళ్ళు, వదులుకొను, పరిత్యజించినTelugu
- kovmak, terk etmek, bırakmakTurkish
- покидати, покинути, відмовитисяUkrainian
- چھوڑ دوUrdu
- bỏ, từ bỏ, bỏ rơi, xua đuổi, bộm, ruồng bỏVietnamese
- 放弃Chinese
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