Synonyms for abandonment
Most common
desertion renunciation defection dereliction relinquishment surrender
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Desertion
2. Relinquishment — abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions
relinquishment, surrender, resignation, abandoning, rejection, abrogation, cession, forsaking, abjuration, abnegation, abandon dated, abdication dated
Other
evacuation, dispensation, demission dated
Definitions
- n. 1
Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions.
- n. 2
The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
Related words
- Word family
- abandoned
Forms
- Plural
- abandonments → desertions, renunciations, defections, derelictions…
Example sentences
- defection My government continues to treat dissent as defection.
- desertion Twenty six soldiers were executed for desertion.
- renunciation Jesus predicted Peter's renunciation of him.
- dereliction He was court-martialed for dereliction of duty.
- surrender Sami was forced by the police to surrender his dog.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| abandonment | falling | |
| defection | steady | |
| desertion | falling | |
| renunciation | steady | |
| dereliction | steady | |
| surrender | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- abandon3, cession
- 9 letters
- surrender3, rejection3, desertion3, defection3, forsaking3, demission
- 10 letters
- evacuation5, abandoning4, abdication4, abrogation4, abnegation4, abjuration
- 11 letters
- resignation4, dereliction4
- 12 letters
- dispensation4, renunciation5
- 14 letters
- relinquishment
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abandon3 = 3 syllables).