| verb | forsake, leave behind “We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot” |
| verb | give up with the intent of never claiming again “Abandon your life to God” |
| verb | leave behind empty; move out of “You must vacate your office by tonight” |
| verb | stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims “He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage” |
| verb | leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch “The mother deserted her children” |
| adjective | forsaken by owner or inhabitants “weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse” |
| adjective | free from constraint; - Liam O'Flaherty “an abandoned sadness born of grief” |
| abandonment | noun | the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away |
| vacant | adjective | without an occupant or incumbent |
| forsaking | noun | the act of forsaking |
| desolation | noun | sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned |
| desertion | noun | withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility |
| deserter | noun | a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. |
| derelict | noun | a ship abandoned on the high seas |