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Abandoning
- verb - forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"
- give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"
- leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"
- leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
- stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations"
Abasements
- noun - a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken
- depriving one of self-esteem
Abashments
- noun - feeling embarrassed due to modesty
Abatements
- noun - an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- the act of abating; "laws enforcing noise abatement"
Abbreviate
- verb - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
- shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"
Abcoulombs
- noun - a unit of electrical charge equal to 10 coulombs
Abdicating
- verb - give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"
Abdication
- noun - a formal resignation and renunciation of powers
- the act of abdicating
Abdicative
- - Causing, or implying, abdication.