Definition for Abandonment:

• Careless freedom or ease; abandon.

Synonyms for Abandonment:

• n.

  •
  • keep.
  •abandon (noun)
  • carelessness,
  • recklessness,
  • lightheartedness.
  •abandonment (noun)
  • desertion,
  • abdication,
  • forsaking,
  • discontinuation,
  • defection,
  • vacation,
  • tergiversation.
  •abdication (noun)
  • renunciation.
  •abnegation (noun)
  • eschewals,
  • selfdenial,
  • self denial,
  • giving ups,
  • nixings.
  •act (noun)
  • abandonment.
  •apostasy (noun)
  • dis affections,
  • dis-affections,
  • dis-affection,
  • dis affection.
  •cancellation (noun)
  • over-ruling,
  • in-validations,
  • re vocations,
  • un-doing,
  • re calling,
  • with-drawing,
  • revokings,
  • abolishings,
  • re-calling,
  • abandonings,
  • re peals,
  • in validations,
  • re call,
  • invalidatings,
  • over-rulings,
  • dis solution,
  • dis-solving,
  • with drawing,
  • re-vocation,
  • re versing,
  • dis-solutions,
  • in-validation,
  • re-callings,
  • dissolvings,
  • in-validating,
  • un doings,
  • re versal,
  • un-doings,
  • cancelings,
  • retractings,
  • dis-solution,
  • re vocation,
  • in validation,
  • with-drawings,
  • with drawings,
  • re-versing,
  • in validating,
  • withdrawings,
  • re-versal,
  • recallings,
  • over rulings,
  • re calls,
  • re-vocations,
  • re-peals,
  • overrulings,
  • dis solutions,
  • re peal,
  • dis solving,
  • re callings,
  • un doing,
  • re-call,
  • quashings,
  • re-calls,
  • over ruling.
  •cessation (noun)
  • pause,
  • end,
  • standstill,
  • stay,
  • termination,
  • ending,
  • halt,
  • discontinuance,
  • cessation,
  • closure,
  • interruption,
  • stoppage,
  • hiatus.
  •decampment (noun)
  • escapement.
  •departure (noun)
  • exit,
  • departure,
  • embarkation,
  • parting,
  • exodus,
  • leave-taking.
  •depravity (noun)
  • de gradation,
  • sinfulnesses,
  • de-gradations,
  • de-basements,
  • de basements,
  • de-basement,
  • de gradations,
  • de basement,
  • vitiations,
  • de-gradation.
  •desolation (noun)
  • desert,
  • barrenness,
  • loneliness,
  • emptiness,
  • bleakness,
  • inhospitability,
  • starkness.
  •dissipation (noun)
  • hell handbasket,
  • in-temperances,
  • free livings,
  • highliving,
  • ex cess,
  • in-temperance,
  • high livings,
  • self gratification,
  • squanderings,
  • freeliving,
  • self-gratifications,
  • life fast lane,
  • life the fast lane,
  • selfgratifications,
  • selfgratification,
  • highlivings,
  • self gratifications,
  • in temperances,
  • ex-cess,
  • in temperance,
  • ex-cesses,
  • to hell handbasket,
  • ex cesses,
  • hell in handbasket,
  • free-livings,
  • high-livings,
  • freelivings.
  •disuse (noun)
  • disuse,
  • Rustiness,
  • rejection,
  • desuetude.
  •escape (noun)
  • decampment.
  •fanaticism (noun)
  • injustice,
  • willfulness,
  • immoderation,
  • illiberalities,
  • in justice,
  • singlemindedness,
  • extremism,
  • zealotry,
  • arbitrariness,
  • single-mindedness,
  • Incorrigibility,
  • partiality,
  • monomania,
  • illiberality,
  • dogma,
  • violence,
  • obsessiveness.
  •forsaking (noun)
  • dereliction,
  • Jilting,
  • jettison.
  •freedom (noun)
  • flexibility,
  • own accord,
  • liberty,
  • laxity,
  • Elbowroom,
  • laissez faire,
  • Freedoms,
  • full play,
  • independency,
  • Rampancy,
  • plenty of rope,
  • full swing.
  •going (noun)
  • quittins.
  •hopelessness (noun)
  • discouragement,
  • gloominess,
  • moroseness,
  • spiritlessness,
  • dispiritedness,
  • despondency,
  • glumness,
  • anguish,
  • hopelessness,
  • misery,
  • pessimism,
  • despair,
  • dejection,
  • cheerlessness,
  • melancholy,
  • downheartedness,
  • desperation,
  • disheartenment,
  • heartlessness,
  • depression,
  • forlornness.
  •quitclaim (noun)
  • self-abnegation,
  • renouncements,
  • self-sacrifice,
  • renouncement.
  •rejection (noun)
  • curtailment,
  • Disallowance,
  • ejection,
  • disapproval,
  • elimination,
  • Blackballing,
  • exclusion,
  • expulsion,
  • denial,
  • eradication,
  • blacklisting,
  • repudiation.
  •relinquishment (noun)
  • capitulation,
  • Disclamation,
  • release.
  •renunciation (noun)
  • betrayal,
  • about-face,
  • backsliding,
  • Retractation,
  • crossing,
  • turnabout.
  •resignation (noun)
  • acceptance,
  • retirement.
  •retraction (noun)
  • re tractions,
  • re-tractions,
  • re-traction,
  • re traction.
  •riddance (noun)
  • disposal,
  • riddance,
  • relegation,
  • dismissal.
  •self-government (noun)
  • self-government.
  •shutdown (noun)
  • closedown.
  •surrender (noun)
  • giving ways,
  • succumbings,
  • deditions,
  • sur-render,
  • yieldings,
  • sur-renders,
  • de-liveries,
  • sur render,
  • de liveries,
  • sub-mission,
  • sur renders,
  • sub missions,
  • relentings,
  • de-livery,
  • de livery,
  • sub-missions,
  • sub mission.
  •unrestraint (noun)
  • in continence,
  • wildnesses,
  • dis regard,
  • dis regards,
  • in-continence,
  • uninhibitednesses,
  • un-restraint,
  • un-restraints,
  • un restraints,
  • un restraint,
  • dis-regard,
  • in-continences,
  • in continences,
  • dis-regards.
  •waiver (noun)
  • fore going,
  • dis claimer,
  • foregoings,
  • dis claimers,
  • tablings,
  • fore-going,
  • dis-claimers,
  • fore-goings,
  • setting asides,
  • re-missions,
  • fore goings,
  • re-mission,
  • re mission,
  • re missions,
  • dis-claimer.
  •wantonness (noun)
  • dissipation.
  •withdrawal (noun)
  • dis-avowals,
  • exitings,
  • dis-avowal,
  • re scissions,
  • re-scissions,
  • re-scission,
  • dis engagement,
  • maroonings,
  • dis avowal,
  • ex-traction,
  • re scission,
  • ex tractions,
  • dis-engagement,
  • dis engagements,
  • dis avowals,
  • ex-tractions,
  • dis-engagements.

• v.

  •closing (verb)
  • shutdown.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • unrestraint,
  • wantonness.
  •
  • incontinence.

Paraphrases for Abandonment:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    rejection.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    leavers, closure, closures.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    termination, desertification, cancellation, demise, dismantlement, removal, disappearance, deletion, defection, Orphanhood, attrition, leaver, grubbing-up, disengagement, drop-off, eradication, alienation, negligence, lapse, refusal, retreat, interruption, derelict, uprooting, dismantling, lurch, closure, Lifting.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    abandoned, drop-out.
  • Proper noun, singular
    abandoned, neglect, discontinuance, discontinuation, cessation, drop-out.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    desertion, depopulation, abolition, abdication, departure, dereliction, phasing-out, resignation, elimination, abolishment, non-completion, renouncement, neglect, discontinuance, repudiation, discontinuation, exodus, exit, phase-out, disuse, forfeiture, cessation, drop-out.

Antonyms for Abandonment:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    retrieval, discreetness, initiation, repression, reclamation, suppression, self-consciousness, constraint, engagement, restraint, self-command, self-denial, carefulness, continuation, self-restraint, repossession, retention, discretion, self-mastery, self-control, discipline, Recoupment, commencement, self-discipline, heedfulness, embarrassment, reserve, undertaking, willpower, uneasiness, beginning, inhibition, reticence.

Abandonment Sentence Examples:

• A common reason recently advanced by the majority of southern negroes for the abandonment of their homes was the desire to escape from the oppressive social system of their section.

• There was an inarticulate cry from Schwartzmann, just conscious enough, poor beggar, to grasp the fact of his abandonment in the strategic retreat his friends were beating.

Homophones for Abandonment:

• abandoned, appointment, appendant, above-mentioned, abundant.

Hypernym for Abandonment:

• n.

  • act
    discard, apostasy, bolt, throwing away, exposure, tergiversation.

Hyponym for Abandonment:

• n.

  • act
    disposal, rejection, disposition.