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abandon
verb
- To give up or leave without intending to return or claim again: desert
3, forsake, leave
1, quit, throw over.
Idioms:
run out on, walk out on. See
keep
- To give up a possession, claim, or right: abdicate, cede, demit, forswear, hand over, quitclaim, relinquish, render, renounce, resign, surrender, waive, yield. See
keep
- To let (something) go: cede, forgo, lay down, relinquish, surrender, yield. See
keep
- To cease trying to accomplish or continue: break off, desist, discontinue, give up, leave off, quit, relinquish, remit, stop.
Informal: swear off.
Slang: lay off.
Idioms:
call it a day, call it quits, hang up one's fiddle, have done with, throw in the towel. See
continue
- To yield (oneself) unrestrainedly, as to a particular impulse: give over, give up, surrender. See
resist
noun
- A complete surrender of inhibitions: abandonment, incontinence, unrestraint, wantonness, wildness. See
restraint
- A careless, often reckless disregard for consequences: carelessness, heedlessness, thoughtlessness. See
careful
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