ABANDONING
Source: 524, 566
ABAN'DONING, participle present tense Forsaking or deserting wholly; renouncing; yielding one's self without restraint.ABAN'DONING, noun A forsaking; total desertionHe hoped his past meritorious actions might outweigh his present abandoning the thought of future actions.
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abandoning. Abandoning, pa. forsaking wholly, renouncing