Abandoning
Leaving and abandoning are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Leaving" instead a noun "Abandoning".
Leaving
Leaving noun - The act of departing.
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My Greatest Failure: Liu feels enormous guilt over abandoning home, leaving him unable to protect his brother from Shang Tsung.
Source: Film / Mortal Kombat - Break the Haughty: Savonarola tells Romola that instead of leaving her awful husband and abandoning Florence, she must remain and sacrifice her desires.
Source: Literature / Romola -
Perhaps worst of all, he disappears, abandoning his own daughter and leaving Phoenix to be disbarred.
Source: Jerkass / Video Games
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Leaving and Abandoning. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/abandoning/leaving
Abandoning & Leaving. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/abandoning/leaving>.
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