Abandoning and Favor

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Favor is an antonym for abandoning in topics: relinquish, leave in troubled state.

Nearby Words: abandon, abandoned, abandonment

Favor verb - To do a service or favor for.

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Abandoning is an antonym for favor.

Nearby Words: favored, favoring, favorer

One of the party leaders advocated abandoning lemons in favor of the Sauerkraut - which has roughly the same vitamin quotient.

Source: Uncoffee
Notably, after the jabs they received throughout E3 over the new DRM system (particularly Sony's, see below), Microsoft announced the week afterward that they were abandoning it in favor of the policies used on the the Xbox 360.

Source: Useful Notes / Electronic Entertainment Expo
Takeo would frequently return the favor, in particular going to be with Suna when his father's in the hospital, even though it meant abandoning a birthday date with his girlfriend (after Suna had insisted he go).

Source: Bros Before Hoes

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