Abandoning
Stay
Stay verb - To continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time.
Abandoning is an antonym for stay.
Both words in one sentence
- She decides to stay at the inn when everyone goes on their respective ways, implicitly abandoning her former life for one that will someday be a story worth telling.
Source: In Defence Of Story Telling -
Pet the Dog: Yuki slaps Tomoko, calls her an idiot for abandoning Sora's protection and warns to her to stay away if her own skin means so much to her, but still comes to Tomoko's rescue later on.
Source: Manga / Shitsurakuen - The reader is left with an impression that Voldemort's refusing to see his mother as a rapist (instead blaming his father for abandoning his son after Merope stopped giving him the potion, thinking he'd stay for the sake of their baby) is a big part of why he became so hateful toward muggles.
Source: Double Standard: Rape, Sci-Fi
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