Thesaurus
abandon
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of ABANDON
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to cause to remain behind <abandoned the group that he had been hiking with and struck out on his own>
Related Words discard, ditch, dump, fling, jettison, junk, scrap, shed, shuck (off), throw away, throw out; deliver, give up, hand over, relinquish, surrender, yield; escape, retreat (from), take off (from), vacate, withdraw (from); abjure, cut off, disown, reject, renounce, repudiate, separate (from); sacrifice; distance; disregard, forget, ignore, neglect
Near Antonyms harbor, have, hold, keep, own, possess, reserve, retain, withhold; redeem, rescue, save
Antonyms reclaim
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to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to) <the bad weather forced NASA to abandon the launch>
Synonyms abandon, abort, call, call off, cry off, drop, recall, repeal, rescind, revoke, scrap, scrub
Related Words abrogate, annul, invalidate, nullify, void, write off; recant, retract, take back, withdraw; countermand, reverse, roll back; break off, discontinue, end, halt, stop, terminate; hold back, interrupt, suspend; give up, relinquish, surrender
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to stop doing (something) permanently <marriage customs that were abandoned decades ago>
Related Words break off, break up, cease, close, conclude, end, expire, finish, halt, leave off, shut off; pause, taper off; throw up; round (off or out), terminate, wind up, wrap up
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