Abandoning and Start

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Start is an antonym for abandoning in relinquish topic.

Nearby Words: abandon, abandoned, abandonment

Start verb - To move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise).

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Abandoning is an antonym for start.

Nearby Words: started, startled, starting, starter, startup

When they start talking about abandoning the camp, going home, and watching Baywatch on cable, Mud and Dennis organize some rainy day Olympic games to keep them occupied.

Source: Film / Camp Nowhere
Dirty Coward: When things start going poorly for her side against X-Force she's the first to cut and run, abandoning her teammates to die.

Source: Characters / X Men Brotherhood Of Mutants
And in this case it acts as a Start of Darkness for Pinocchio, since his father is still abandoning a young boy to fend for himself.

Source: I Did What I Had To Do / Live-Action TV

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