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Abandon and Maintain
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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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Common collocations
power
abandon power
maintain power
life
abandon life
maintain life
position
abandon position
maintain position
body
abandon body
maintain body
Other nouns:
system
,
identity
,
world
,
identities
.
Both words in one sentence
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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