abandon

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WordReference English Thesaurus © 2012
abandon

unrestraint
spontaneity
freedom
impetuosity
exuberance
uninhibitedness
enthusiasm
vigor
élan
recklessness
vigour
wantonness
wildness
excess
impetuousness
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WordReference English Thesaurus © 2012
abandon

Sense: To give up
- relinquish
- leave off
- withdraw from
- discontinue
- quit
- give over
- break off
- throw over
- throw off
- let go
- cease
- desist
- renounce
- forgo
- forswear
- dispense with
- lay down
- cast aside
- cast off
- cast away
- discard
- give away
- hand over
- part with
- surrender
- forfeit
- yield
- deliver
- cede
- lay aside
- concede
- waive
- abdicate
- resign
- disclaim
- back down from
- back out of
- go back on
- break with
- break
- drop
- lose hope of
- secede from
- bow out
- pull out
- apostatize
- quitclaim
- break the pattern
- break the habit
- chuck
- throw in the towel
- throw in the sponge
- cop out
- hang up the fiddle
- stop
- jack in (slang)
- chuck in (slang)
- give up
- renege
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Sense: To leave a person, place, or thing in trouble
- desert
- forsake
- leave
- quit
- back out on
- run away
- break with
- break up with
- defect
- reject
- disown
- cast off
- ostracize
- maroon
- strand
- have done with
- be done with
- depart from
- flee
- vacate
- evacuate
- throw overboard
- jettison
- leave behind
- slip away from
- turn one's back on
- stand up
- leave in the lurch
- leave high and dry
- walk out on
- run out on
- skip out on
- fink out on
- take a powder
- duck out
- bolt
- bail out
- turn tail
- leave flat
- leave in the cold
- drop
- ditch
- bid a long farewell
- ostracise
- dump (slang)
- chuck (slang)
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'abandon' can be found in these thesaurus entries:

abdicate - abort - back out of - bail out - beat a retreat - bow out - break faith - call off - cast aside - cast away - cast off - change one's tune - debauchery - decadence - defect - deliver - desert - desert - desist - despair of - discard - disclaim - discontinue - disown - dispense with - dissipation - ditch - do away with - do without - drop - drop - drop an idea - drop out - evacuate - exorbitance - extradite - extravagance - forsake - forsake - jettison - lay aside - leave - leave in the lurch - let alone - lose track of - maroon - outgrow - pass by - quit - recant

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