Abandoning

//əˈbændənɪŋ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act in 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."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of abandon form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "Many have been abandoning their homes due to the violence. (progressive)"

Synonyms

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abandonment

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"Abandoning that plan can't be helped."

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