2. Noun. An act in which something or someone is abandoned; abandonment, neglect ¹
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Definition of Abandoning
1. abandon [v] - See also: abandon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abandoning
Literary usage of Abandoning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reasons for Abandoning the Theory of Free Trade, and Adopting the Principle by William Darrah Kelley (1872)
"REASONS FOR abandoning THE THEORY OF FREE TRADE/ IN offering this volume to the
public it is proper to state that I make no pretension to a critical ..."
2. Abandoning an Adopted Farm by Kate Sanborn (1894)
"abandoning AN ADOPTED FARM. CHAPTER I. TRUTHFUL SKETCHES. " There is nothing so
improbable as truth." EDITH BROWER. YES, strange as it may seem, ..."
3. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1875)
"For our people to agree with General Canrobert in Non-con- abandoning the offensive
against Dannenberg whilst ..."
4. Annals of the American Revolution: Or, A Record of the Causes and Events by Jedidiah Morse (1824)
"He was even under the necessity of abandoning a considerable number of those who
were most dangerously wounded. Some time after the battle of Guilford, Gen. ..."
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