Adopt and Abandon

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Adopt verb - To take for one's own use (something originated by another).

Usage example: shortly after moving to the U.S., the family dutifully adopted the American tradition of having turkey for Thanksgiving

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Abandon is an antonym for adopt in take in topic.

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

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Adopt is an antonym for abandon in topics: relinquish, leave in troubled state.

girl	adopt girl	abandon girl
character	adopt character	abandon character
life	adopt life	abandon life
baby	adopt baby	abandon baby
Other words: people, role, idea, position, children, name, system, way, identity, kid, child, son, daughter, ways, sister, kids, identities.

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