Abandonment synonyms

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desertion
The intentional and indefensible abandonment of a responsibility, such as to military service or to a spouse.
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keep (related)
(Historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. (According to keep, the word comes "from the Middle English term kype, meaning basket or cask, and was a term applied to the shell keep at Guînes, said to resemble a barrel".)
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rejection (related)
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repudiation (related)
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destruction (related)
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relinquishment
The act of relinquishing something.
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abdication
The act of a person or branch of government renouncing or abandoning an office, trust, sovereignty, privileges, or duties to which he or she is entitled, holds, or possesses by law.
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renunciation
Abandonment of a right, whether open or tacit, without transferring it to someone else; in criminal law, the total voluntary abandonment of a criminal activity before it is committed with the purpose of foiling that activity.
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incontinence
The quality or state of being incontinent.
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forsaking
the act of giving something up
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impoverishment (related)
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dispossession (related)
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resignation
An oral or written statement that one is resigning a position or office:
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surrender
An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
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waiver
A voluntary relinquishing of a right or privilege. Although a waiver may result from an explicit surrender or by circumstances, courts frown on accepting waivers of constitutional rights. The party waiving a right must have knowledge of that right and the informed intention of surrendering it.
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abandon
A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. [Early 19th century.]
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unrestraint
Lack of restraint; the quality of being unrestrained.
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wantonness
(Countable, dated) A particular wanton act.
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wildness
The quality of being wild or untamed
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restraint (related)
Control of the expression of one's feelings; constraint:
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defection
The act of defecting from one's country
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disintegration (related)
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perpetuation (related)
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intensification (related)
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demission
Relinquishment of an office or function.
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quitclaim
The transfer of a title or deed to another, without warranty as to the extent of ownership on the part of the seller.
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Abandonment Sentence Examples

  • Nine days after the abandonment of Moscow, a messenger from Kutuzov reached Petersburg with the official announcement of that event.

  • I expect the Minister (Barclay de Tolly) has already reported the abandonment of Smolensk to the enemy.

  • The prosperity of the island depends on the development of agriculture, the acquirement of industrious habits by the people, and the abandonment of political agitation.

  • The burning of Smolensk and its abandonment made an epoch in his life.

  • Meanwhile the marquis de Rudini, who had succeeded Crispi as Italian premier, had authorized the abandonment of article 17 even before he had heard of the failure of Antonellis negotiations.

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