Antonyms for abandonmentaban·don·ment

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1. abandonmentnoun

   Careless freedom or ease; abandon.

   Synonyms:
   nonchalance

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1. abandonment

   Antonyms:
   apology, bulwark, defense, fortress, guard, justification, protection, rampart, resistance, safeguard, shelter, shield, vindication

   Synonyms:
   betrayal, capitulation, desertion, flight, surrender

Matched Categories

1. • Disposal
   • Withdrawal

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1. abandonment, forsaking, desertionnoun

   the act of giving something up

   Synonyms:
   defection, forsaking, giving up, desertion

2. desertion, abandonment, defectionnoun

   withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility

   "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"

   Synonyms:
   renunciation, defection, forsaking, apostasy, desertion

3. abandonmentnoun

   the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away

   Synonyms:
   defection, forsaking, desertion

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1. abandonmentnoun

   Antonyms:
   retention, continuance, maintenance, persistence

   Synonyms:
   desertion, relinquishment, dereliction, reprobation, surrender, evacuation, rejection, abdication

How to use abandonment in a sentence?

1. Aldous Huxley:

   The condition of being forgiven is self-abandonment. The proud man prefers self-reproach, however painful --because the reproached self isn't abandoned; it remains intact.

2. German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel:

   With the rejection of the rules of the euro zone ... negotiations about a programme worth billions are barely conceivable, tsipras and his government are leading the Greek people on a path of bitter abandonment and hopelessness.

3. Chris Coons:

   It was not an abandonment of principles. It was simply a courtesy to a friend who would do the same for me. I think we need more of that in the Senate, and I think we need more of that in this country.

4. Kori Schake:

   The Biden administration has handled this crisis pretty well. They understood early on that Russia was massing forces. They shared the intelligence with NATO's allies. They got allies aligned on a common approach, i'm not sure whether they actually understood how literally incredible it would be after their abandonment of Afghanistan to threaten we would go to war to defend Ukraine.

5. Mitch McConnell:

   I don't believe Vladimir Putin would have a couple of hundred thousand troops on the border with Ukraine had we not precipitously withdrawn from Afghanistan last August, the impression we have left, first with the abandonment of Afghanistan, is that America is not interested in playing as large a leadership role as we used to.

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