Related Words for abandon

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WordSyllablesCategories
forsake
x/
Verb, Verb
vacate
/x
Verb, Verb
give
/
Verb, Verb
desert
/x
Verb, Verb
desolate
/xx
Verb, Verb, Adjective
lurch
/
Adjective, Verb
wildness
/x
Verb, Noun
wantonness
/xx
Noun, Noun
empty
/x
Noun, Verb
give up
//
Phrase, Verb
forgo
x/
Verb
refuse
x/
Noun
relinquish
x/x
Verb
discontinuation
xxxx/x
Noun
jettison
/xx
Noun
forego
x/
Verb
shun
/
Noun
eschew
x/
Verb
renounce
x/
Verb
repudiate
x/xx
Verb
unwilling
x/x
Adjective
forced
/
Verb
oppose
x/
Verb
revert
x/
Verb
dare
/
Verb
reject
x/
Verb
ditching
/x
Noun
spurn
/
Verb
cannot
/x
Adjective
abjure
//
Verb
reluctant
x/x
Adjective
unable
x/x
Adjective
betray
x/
Verb
relent
x/
Verb
embrace
x/
Noun
intend
x/
Verb
surrender
x/x
Noun
disregard
xx/
Noun
pursue
x/
Verb
cease
/
Noun
preferring
x/x
Verb
obliterate
x/xx
Verb
fail
/
Verb
disown
x/
Verb
quit
/
Verb
defy
x/
Verb
attempt
x/
Noun
loath
/
Adjective
ignore
x/
Verb
leave
/
Verb
discard
x/
Verb
want
/
Verb
allow
x/
Verb
violate
/xx
Verb
capitulate
x/xx
Verb
reconsider
xx/x
Verb
continue
x/x
Verb
rethink
x/
Verb
postpone
x/
Verb
cling
/
Verb
threaten
/x
Verb
refusal
x/x
Noun
denounce
x/
Verb
loathe
/
Verb
undermine
/xx
Verb
obliged
x/
Verb
hesitate
/xx
Verb
adopt
x/
Verb
compel
x/
Verb
forbid
x/
Verb
stop
/
Noun
uproot
x/
Verb
succumb
x/
Verb
displace
x/
Verb
lose
/
Verb
deride
x/
Verb
disparage
x/x
Verb
never
/x
Adverb
defer
x/
Verb
overturn
/xx
Verb
withdraw
x/
Verb
tempt
/
Verb
alter
/x
Verb
willing
/x
Adjective
unwise
x/
Adjective
ruin
/x
Noun
reinstate
xx/
Verb
disavow
xx/
Verb
depart
x/
Verb
comply
x/
Verb
deviate
/xx
Verb
jeopardize
/xx
Verb
imperil
x/x
Verb
destroy
x/
Verb
deprive
x/
Verb
discourage
x/x
Verb
should
/
Verb, Noun
devalue
x/x
Verb
renew
x/
Verb
impose
x/
Verb
resurrect
xx/
Verb
subvert
x/
Verb
take
/
Verb
abide
x/
Verb
assail
x/
Verb
neglect
x/
Noun
supplant
x/
Verb
wont
/
Adjective
opting
/x
Verb
terminate
/xx
Verb
proceed
x/
Verb
decide
x/
Verb
abolish
x/x
Verb
demolish
x/x
Verb
flee
/
Verb
overtake
/xx
Verb
contradict
xx/
Verb
perish
/x
Verb
reenter
x/x
Verb
acquiesce
xx/
Verb
seek
/
Verb
avoid
x/
Verb
entrust
x/
Verb
confine
x/
Verb
bother
/x
Verb
vowing
/x
Verb
voluntarily
xx/xx
Adverb
reinvent
xx/
Verb
reluctance
x/x
Noun
sully
/x
Name
contravene
/xx
Verb
insist
x/
Verb
invalidate
x/xx
Verb
defend
x/
Verb
shirk
/
Noun
cede
/
Verb
renege
x/
Verb
undertake
/xx
Verb
embark
x/
Verb
sidestep
/x
Verb
encumber
x/x
Verb
accept
x/
Verb
supersede
xx/
Verb
forfeit
/x
Verb
divest
x/
Verb
give over
//x
Phrase, Verb
give away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
abdicate
/xx
Verb
resign
x/
Verb
hand over
//x
Phrase, Verb
part with
//
Phrase, Verb
break down
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
turn over
//x
Phrase, Verb
lay down
//
Phrase, Verb
carry away
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
abhor
x/
Verb
render
/x
Verb
abort
x/
Noun
dispose of
x//
Phrase, Verb
altogether
xx/x
Adverb
neutrality
x/xx
Noun
pretensions
x/x
Noun
pretense
x/
Noun
siege
/
Noun
favor
/x
Noun
persuading
x/x
Verb
ship
/
Noun
quest
/
Noun
abolition
xx/x
Noun
abrogate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
abstain
x/
Verb
ascribe
x/
Verb
break
/
Verb, Noun
bury
/x
Verb, Noun
cancel
/x
Verb, Noun
candor
/x
Noun
candour
/x
Noun
carelessness
/xx
Noun
cessation
x/x
Noun
chuck
/
Noun, Verb
concede
x/
Verb
consign
x/
Verb
delete
x/
Verb, Noun
delight
x/
Noun, Verb
dereliction
xx/x
Noun
desertion
x/x
Noun
desist
x/
Verb
desperation
xx/x
Noun
disappoint
xx/
Verb
disband
x/
Verb
disclaim
x/
Verb
discontinuance
xx/xx
Noun
dismiss
x/
Verb
dispel
x/
Verb, Noun
dispense
x/
Verb, Noun
dispense with
x//
Phrase, Verb
dispose
x/
Verb, Noun
drop
/
Noun, Verb
dropout
/x
Noun
dump
/
Noun, Verb
eagerness
/xx
Noun
ecstasy
/xx
Noun, Verb
eliminate
x/xx
Verb
end
/
Noun, Verb
evacuate
x/xx
Verb
exhilaration
xxx/x
Noun
exit
/x
Noun, Verb
exuberance
x/xx
Noun
forget
x/
Verb, Noun
frankness
/x
Noun
frenzy
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gaiety
/xx
Noun
halt
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
hilarity
x/xx
Noun
interrupt
xx/
Verb, Noun
let
/
Verb, Noun
maroon
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
overcome
/xx
Verb, Noun
overlook
/xx
Verb, Noun
rapture
/x
Noun, Verb
recklessness
/xx
Noun
refrain
x/
Verb, Noun
relegate
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
remove
x/
Verb, Noun
renunciation
xxx/x
Noun
repeal
x/
Noun, Verb
rescind
x/
Verb
retract
x/
Verb, Noun
reverse
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
revoke
x/
Verb, Noun
rid
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
scrap
/
Noun, Verb
scrub
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
shed
/
Verb, Noun
spontaneity
xx/xx
Noun
strand
/
Noun, Verb
subordinate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
suspend
x/
Verb
throw
/
Verb, Noun
undo
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
waive
/
Verb, Noun
waiver
/x
Noun, Verb
walk out
//
Phrase, Verb
waver
/x
Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective