Synonyms for abandonment
aban·don·ment

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1. abandonmentnoun

   Careless freedom or ease; abandon.

   Synonyms:
   nonchalance

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1. abandonment

   Synonyms:
   betrayal, capitulation, desertion, flight, surrender

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

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Disposal
   • Withdrawal

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1. abandonmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   abandoning, relinquishment, desertion, dereliction

2. abandonmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   renunciation, surrender, cession, resignation, abnegation, abjuration, rejection, ABDICATION

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1. abandonmentnoun

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

   Antonyms:
   retention, continuance, maintenance, persistence

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1. List of paraphrases for "abandonment":

   neglect, dropout, drop-out, discontinuance, desertion, surrender, discontinuation, quitting, abandoned, cessation, 'abandon, leaver, non-completion, abandon, relinquishment, renunciation, quit, grubbing-up, leaving, dereliction, closure

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How to use abandonment in a sentence?

1. Keith Ablow:

   Very often, these are people who have suffered abandonment at critical points in their lives earlier, sometimes during childhood.

2. French President Francois Hollande:

   I understand the feeling of isolation and abandonment that some of out compatriots in the countryside feel.

3. Elizabeth Ochoa:

   Every person has different levels of comfort with closeness and distance to each other, if both people are comfortable with living apart, it can work well—but if there is a mismatch, based on fears about abandonment, trust, or fidelity, then living apart will strain the relationship.

4. Patrick Henry:

   Is the relinquishment of the trial by jury and the liberty of the press necessary for your liberty? Will the abandonment of your most sacred rights tend to the security of your liberty? Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings give us that precious jewel, and you may take every thing else! Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.

5. Orson Welles:

   Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.