| leaving(verb, retreat, rejection, withdrawal, abandonment) |
| abandoning(verb, ridding, relinquishing, abandoning) |
| abandonment(noun, failure, retreat, rejection, withdrawal) |
| desertion(noun, failure, failing, departure, rejection) |
| defection(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal) |
| deserting(verb, ridding, relinquishing, abandoning) |
| forgoing(verb, ridding, relinquishing) |
| giving up(noun, verb, expression, phrasal verb) |
| relinquishing(verb, ridding, relinquishing, abandoning) |
| abdicating(verb, ridding, relinquishing, abandoning) |
| defecting(verb, retreat, withdrawal, abandonment, disappearance) |
| dereliction(noun, failure, retreat, failing, withdrawal) |
| discarding(verb, ridding) |
| quitting(verb, relinquishing, abandoning) |
| surrendering(verb, ridding, relinquishing, abandoning) |
| vacating(verb, ridding, relinquishing, abandoning) |
| abandon |
| apostasy(noun, failure, retreat, failing, rejection) |
| capitulating(verb, ridding, relinquishing) |
| disclaiming(verb, ridding, relinquishing) |