Abandon
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Abandon verb – To stop doing (something) permanently. Usage example: marriage customs that were abandoned decades ago
Maintain is an antonym for abandon in relinquish topic.
Nearby Words: abandoned, abandonment, abandoning
Antonyms for Abandon
Maintain
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Maintain verb – To continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections. Usage example: part of debating is learning to maintain your position in the face of harsh challenges
Abandon is an antonym for maintain in topics: support, assert, keep up.
Nearby Words: maintained, maintaining, maintainable, maintainability
Antonyms for Maintain
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- When all the other children abandon the fad, he tries to maintain his independence by going on the bombing run anyway.
Source: The Complainer Is Always Wrong - Most of Adams' heroes maintain their sanity by being ready to abandon it at the drop of a hat.
Source: World Gone Mad - In the first post-Soviet decade, its military was engaged in bloody, indecisive war in Chechnya, had to abandon its only space station and struggled to maintain influence over the other former Soviet republics and remain a major power.
Source: Vestigial Empire
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