| backslide(verb, renounce) |
| basin(noun, plain) |
| bush(noun, waste, plain, wild, void) |
| change sides(verb, expression, idiom, reject, withdraw) |
| chastisement |
| comeuppance(noun, power, right, reward, title) |
| cut and run(expression, idiom, go, run, leave) |
| depart from(verb, phrasal verb, relinquishment) |
| deserts(noun, power, right, reward, title) |
| disclaim(verb, reject, leave, abandon, refuse) |
| elope(verb, move, go, run, start) |
| emptiness(noun, waste, silence, desolation, detachment) |
| excellence(noun, quality, benefit, value, advantage) |
| forgo(verb, withdraw, leave, abandon, yield) |
| go away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, go) |
| inhospitable(adjective, desolate) |
| let down(verb, expression, fail, abandon, neglect) |
| make off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, get, run) |
| mesa(noun, plain, prairie) |
| neglect(noun, verb, disregard, dismiss, abandon) |