Words Like ABANDON

We have put together a list of words that are similar to ABANDON.

19 Alternative Words Similar to abandon

1 Passion Noun      Synonym Words Like Passion
2 Unrestraint Noun      Synonym Words Like Unrestraint
3 Empty Verb      Synonym Words Like Empty
4 Dispose Verb      Synonym Words Like Dispose
5 Fling Verb      Synonym Words Like Fling
6 Leave Verb      Synonym Words Like Leave
7 Toss Verb      Synonym Words Like Toss
8 Abandoning Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Abandoning
9 Expel Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Expel
10 Reject Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Reject
11 Quit Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Quit
12 Surrender Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Surrender
13 Consign Verb      Hyponym Words Like Consign
14 Forfeit Verb      Hyponym Words Like Forfeit
15 Throwaway Verb      Hypernym Words Like Throwaway
16 Expose Verb      Hyponym Words Like Expose
17 Maroon Verb      Hyponym Words Like Maroon
18 Relinquish Verb      Hyponym Words Like Relinquish
19 Renounce Verb      Hyponym Words Like Renounce

3 examples of abandon

1 Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations
2 We gave the drowning victim up for dead
3 She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti

10 definitions of abandon

1 To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
2 To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender.
3 Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad sense.
4 To relinquish all claim to; -- used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against.
5 Abandonment; relinquishment.
6 A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.
7 forsake, leave behind
8 leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
9 stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
10 the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
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