Abandon
Abandon verb - To give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly.
Value
Value verb - To hold dear.
Usage example: a nation that values individualism and self-reliance
How words are described
| emotional | emotional abandon | emotional value |
| high | high abandon | high value |
| equal | equal abandon | equal value |
| great | great abandon | great value |
| Other adjectives: absolute, new, literary. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- His presentation to the Dragons advocated that Canada abandon its dollar, which will eventually lose its value, with redeemable poker chips, which would theoretically never lose their value.
Source: Series / Dragon's Den -
He wants to tear away the veneer of civilization and watch everyone abandon the moral order they claim to value so highly.
Source: Visionary Villain -
The Joker glories in psychological torture and poetic death - he finds far more value in compelling a good man to kill a child, or an entire major American city to abandon basic hygiene, than he does mass (even millions-strong) graves full of indiscriminate victims.
Source: Comicbook / Red Skull
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