What is another word for abandons?

Pronunciation: [ɐbˈandənz] (IPA)

Abandons are essentially defined as leaving or forsaking behind a person, object, or idea. Synonyms for abandons are plentiful and include terms like quits, deserts, relinquishes, surrenders, casts aside, gives up, dumps, and forsakes. Each term roughly indicates a different level of circumstance or intention, from accidentally leaving behind an item to willfully and permanently giving up on a task or person. Other related words that may be used to describe abandonment include phrases like estrangement, abandonment, and disownment, whereas words like neglect, disregard, and forgetfulness can also be used interchangeably in certain contexts. No matter which term is used, the act of abandonment usually carries with it negative connotations and significant emotional impact.

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Usage examples for Abandons

It is not a matter of telling us what we feel when the woman we love abandons us.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell
He abandons her, leaving her penniless, homeless and childless!
"Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity"
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard
The young house-master abandons himself once more to his reflections; my pupil sends a top spinning across the table; the old man lays down his book, and stretches out a hand for his tea.
"Stories and Pictures"
Isaac Loeb Peretz

Famous quotes with Abandons

  • The truth is I hate cocktail parties when the only person I know is my supposed date, and he abandons me the minute we come in the door.
    Mary Higgins Clark
  • I think the only choice that will enable us to hold to our vision... is one that abandons the concept of naming enemies and adopts a concept familiar to the nonviolent tradition: naming behavior that is oppressive.
    Barbara Deming
  • Today's Communism can survive only if it abandons the myth of an infallible party, if it continues to think, and if it becomes democratic.
    Friedrich Durrenmatt
  • When every piece of furniture and your underwear are taken by the bank, when you lose your house in Florida, in New York, in Amsterdam and L.A., when your wife is dying and your son abandons you, you don't feel very good.
    Al Goldstein
  • The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman he abandons all other earthly ties, should any of these happen to interfere with that relation.
    Lafcadio Hearn

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