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Meaning: The act of giving something up Classified under: Nouns denoting acts or actions Synonyms: abandonment; desertion; forsaking Hypernyms ("abandonment" is a kind of...): rejection (the act of rejecting something) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abandonment"): exposure (abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open)) apostasy; tergiversation (the act of abandoning a party or cause) bolt (a sudden abandonment (as from a political party))
Meaning: Withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility Classified under: Nouns denoting acts or actions Synonyms: defection; desertion; abandonment Context example: his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless Hypernyms ("abandonment" is a kind of...): withdrawal (the act of withdrawing) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abandonment"): abscondment; decampment (the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest)) absence without leave; unauthorized absence (unauthorized military absence) deviationism (ideological defection from the party line (especially from orthodox communism))
Meaning: The voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away Classified under: Nouns denoting acts or actions Hypernyms ("abandonment" is a kind of...): disposal; disposition (the act or means of getting rid of something) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abandonment"): discard; throwing away (getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable) discard ((cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or to failing to follow suit) "Laughter is the shortest distance between two people." (English proverb) "A starving man will eat with the wolf." (Native American proverb, tribe unknown) "While the word is yet unspoken, you are master of it; when once it is spoken, it is master of you." (Arabic proverb) "Necessity teaches the naked woman to spin (a yarn)." (Danish proverb) Useful links: rejection definition What does exposure mean? decampment definition What does absence without leave mean? disposition definition
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