Abandon and Protect

Opposite meaning words

Abandon verb - To give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly.

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Protect is an antonym for abandon.

Protect verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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Abandon is an antonym for protect in take care of topic.

girl	abandon girl	protect girl
friend	abandon friend	protect friend
humanity	abandon humanity	protect humanity
life	abandon life	protect life
Other words: people, children, family, identity, earth, world, country, ship, child, planet, city, everyone, son, daughter, sister, civilians, friends.

To the point she is willing to abandon the alternate Phineas and Ferb to protect her own.

Source: Big Brother Instinct / Western Animation
On the flip side, some of the other members of the Animorphs force their parents to abandon them (similar to Hermione in Harry Potter above) to protect them from the Yeerks.

Source: Parental Abandonment / Literature
In Revolutionary Girl Utena, Anthy would kiss Utena's sword (which she had just pulled from Utena's chest) to "abandon her body and protect the sword".

Source: Magic Kiss

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