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a·ban·don
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acquiescence
Acquiescence is agreement to do what someone wants, or acceptance of what they do even though you do not agree with it. -
deculturate
to cause the loss or abandonment of culture or cultural characteristics of (a people, society, etc.). -
desertion
the act of deserting or abandoning or the state of being deserted or abandoned -
desolation
Desolation is a feeling of great unhappiness and hopelessness. -
granny dumping
the abandonment of an elderly person, especially a relative, at a hospital, bus station, etc. -
gymnosophist
one of a group of Jainist philosophers, existing from ancient times to c1000, characterized by refusal to wear clothes and the abandonment of caste marks; a member of the Digambara sect.