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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"
Abdicating
- verb - give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"
Aberdevine
- unknown - siskin or goldfinch
Aberrating
- verb - diverge from the expected; "The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman"
- diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration; "The surfaces of the concave lens may be proportioned so as to aberrate exactly equal to the convex lens"
Abnegating
- verb - deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure; "She denied herself wine and spirits"
- deny or renounce; "They abnegated their gods"
- surrender (power or a position); "The King abnegated his power to the ministers"
Abolishing
- verb - do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"
Abreacting
- verb - discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization
Abrogating
- verb - Annul
- revoke formally
Absconding
- verb - run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"
Abstaining
- verb - choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"
- refrain from voting