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| Main Entry: | abandon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | careless disregard for consequences |
| Synonyms: | disregard, freedom, impulse, recklessness, spontaneity, thoughtlessness, licentiousness, uninhibitedness, unrestraint, wantonness, wildness |
| Antonyms: | restraint, self-restraint |
| Main Entry: | abandon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave behind, relinquish |
| Synonyms: | abdicate, back out, bail out*, bow out*, chicken out*, cop out*, cut loose*, desert, discard, discontinue, ditch*, drop, drop out, duck*, dump*, dust*, leave, opt out, pull out, quit, screw*, stop, surrender, throw over*, vacate, walk out on, withdraw, yield, flake out, fly the coop, give up the ship, kiss goodbye, leg it, let go, run out on, ship out, storm out, take a powder, take a walk, wash hands of |
| Antonyms: | cherish, defend, keep, pursue, retain, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abandon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave in troubled state |
| Synonyms: | back out, desert, disown, forsake, jilt, leave, quit, reject, renounce, throw over*, walk out on, leave behind |
| Antonyms: | adopt, assert, favor, uphold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abdicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up a right, position, or power |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abjure, abnegate, bail out*, cede, drop, forgo, leave, leave in the lurch, opt out, quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, retire, sell out*, step down, surrender, vacate, waive, withdraw, yield, bag it, demit, give up, leave high and dry, leave holding the bag, quitclaim |
| Antonyms: | assert, assume, challenge, claim, defend, defy, hold, maintain, remain, retain, treasure, usurp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | back down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | back off |
| Synonyms: | abandon, accede, acquiesce, admit, back off, back out, balk, bow out, cancel, chicken out*, chicken out, concede, cop out*, demur, give in, hold back, pull out, recant, recoil, renege, resign, retreat, submit, surrender, take back, withdraw, yield, back pedal, backtrack, beg off, cave in, give ground, give up, go back on, have no fight left, pull back, wimp out, withdraw from agreement or statement |
| Antonyms: | go forwaard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | call off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discontinue |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abort, break off, cancel, desist, drop, kill*, postpone, scrub*, withdraw |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chuck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw aside, throw away, throw out |
| Synonyms: | abandon, can, cast, desert, discard, ditch, eighty-six*, eject, fire, fling, flip, forsake, heave, hurl, jettison, junk, launch, pitch, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce, scrap, shed, shy, sling, toss, give the heave ho, slough |
| Antonyms: | keep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break from belief, faith |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abscond, back out, break faith*, depart, desert, forsake, go, go over, lapse, leave, pull out, quit, rat*, rebel, reject, renege, renounce, revolt, run out, schism, sell out*, spurn, tergiversate, turn, walk out on, withdraw, apostatize, change sides, fall away from, go back on, go over the fence, take a walk, tergiverse, turn coat |
| Antonyms: | come in, join |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | desist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop, refrain from |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abstain, avoid, break off, cease, discontinue, end, forbear, halt, knock off*, leave off, pause, quit, relinquish, resign, surcease, suspend, yield, give over, give up, have done with, not do |
| Antonyms: | carry on, continue, endure, go on, persevere, resume, keep on, restart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | despair |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up hope |
| Synonyms: | abandon, destroy, drop, flatten, relinquish, renounce, resign, surrender, take down, yield, be hopeless, despond, give way, have heavy heart, let air out, lose faith, lose heart |
| Antonyms: | anticipate, expect, hope, wish for, have faith |
| Main Entry: | disappear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vanish; cease |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abscond, clear, decamp, depart, die, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, ebb, end, escape, evanesce, evaporate, exit, expire, fade, flee, fly, go, leave, melt, pass, pass away, perish, recede, retire, retreat, sink, vacate, vamoose*, wane, withdraw, be done for, be gone, be lost, be no more, be swallowed up, cease to exist, come to naught, dematerialize, die out, drop out of sight, end gradually, evanish, fade away, go south, leave no trace, melt away, take flight |
| Antonyms: | appear, arrive, come in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get rid of |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, abjure, banish, can*, cancel, cashier, chuck, desert, dispatch, dispense with, dispose of, dispossess, ditch, divorce, do away with, drop, dump, eject, eliminate, expel, forsake, jettison, junk*, oust, protest, reject, relinquish, remove, renounce, repeal, repudiate, scrap, shake off, shed, throw away, throw out, write off, adios, cast aside, deep-six, free of, give up, have done with, part with, put by, sweep away, throw overboard, toss aside |
| Antonyms: | embrace, keep, retain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disclaim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deny |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abjure, abnegate, belittle, contradict, contravene, criticize, decline, deprecate, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, discard, disown, disparage, forswear, gainsay, minimize, negate, recant, refuse, reject, renounce, repudiate, retract, revoke, spurn, traverse, disacknowledge, divorce oneself from, turn back on, wash hands of |
| Antonyms: | accept, acknowledge, admit, allow, claim, own |
| Main Entry: | discontinue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prevent activity from going on |
| Synonyms: | abandon, break off*, cease, close, desist, disconnect, disjoin, disunite, drop, end, finish, halt, interpose, interrupt, intervene, kill, knock off*, leave off, part, pause, quit, scrub, separate, stop, surcease, suspend, terminate, bag it, blow off*, call it quits, dissever, give over, give up, put an end to, refrain from |
| Antonyms: | carry on, continue, restart, retry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disown |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | refuse to acknowledge |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abjure, abnegate, cast off, deny, disallow, disavow, discard, disclaim, reject, renounce, repudiate, retract, disacknowledge, divorce oneself from, refuse to recognize |
| Antonyms: | accept, acknowledge, allow, avow, claim |
| Main Entry: | ditch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get rid of |
| Synonyms: | abandon, desert, discard, dispose of, drop, dump*, eighty-six*, forsake, jettison, junk*, leave, reject, scrap*, throw away, throw out, throw overboard |
| Antonyms: | pick up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drop out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop doing an activity |
| Synonyms: | abandon, back out, cease, forsake, leave, quit, renege, retreat, withdraw, give notice, give up |
| Antonyms: | begin, carry out, engage, join |
| Main Entry: | eschew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have nothing to do with |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abjure, abstain, avoid, double, duck, elude, evade, forgo, forswear, refrain, renounce, sacrifice, shun, shy, give up, have no truck with, let well enough alone, not touch, shy away from, steer clear of, swear off* |
| Antonyms: | embrace, like, love |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | evacuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clear an area; empty |
| Synonyms: | abandon, bail out*, cut out, decamp, depart, desert, discharge, displace, eject, expel, forsake, leave, pull out, quit, relinquish, remove, vacate, withdraw, hightail, move out, pack up, run for the hills, skidaddle |
| Antonyms: | come in, enter, fill, load, occupy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extradite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | send to another place by force |
| Synonyms: | abandon, apprehend, arrest, bring to justice, deliver, release, surrender, bring to trial, give up |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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