abandoning

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abandoning

  • /əˈbændənɪŋ/

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of abandon Many have been abandoning their homes due to the violence. (progressive)

noun abandonings

  1. An act by which something or someone is abandoned; abandonment; neglect. Their sensuality—[…] —their universal and insatiable lustings, and disgraceful abandonings of their unhappy victims— […] may not be credited by those who have not proof of such crimes.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: forsake, give up, vacate, desert, desolate, give, empty, lurch, wildness, unconstraint, wantonness, forsaking, quitting, stopping, surrendering, dropping

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noun abandoning

Portuguêsdesamparo, abandono
DeutschVerlassen
Italianoabbandono
Românăabandonare

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@misc{abandoning_2026,
  title = {abandoning},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/abandoning},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}