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abandon : relinquish verb [transitive]
formal to let someone else position, power, or rights, especially unwillingly: The Duke was obliged to relinquish all rights and claims to the territory. | relinquish sth to sb: He refused to relinquish sovereignty to his son. | relinquish your hold/grip on sth: Richard stubbornly refused to relinquish his hold on the family business.leave, desert, quit, forsake verb past tense forsook
past participle forsaken / / noun [transitive] literary

1 to leave someone, especially when you should stay because they need you: God will never forsake you.

2 to stop doing or leave something that you have or enjoy: We had to forsake the comfort of our hotel room and spend the night waiting at the airport.

also godforsaken
abate /@'beIt/ verb [intransitive, transitive]
formal to become less strong or decrease, or to make something do this: We waited for the storm to abate.
?abatement noun [uncountable]