Abandon
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

DROP
The act of dropping something; "they expected the drop would be successful"

QUIT
Put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

SHED
Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds every Spring"

JILT
Cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly; "jilt a lover or a bride"

DUMP
A place where supplies can be stored; "an ammunition dump"

5 letters

SCRUB
The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water

LEAVE
The act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow"

CEASE
Put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

EMPTY
A container that has been emptied; "return all empties to the store"

ABORT
The act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed; "I wasted a year of my life working on an abort"; "he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area"

DITCH
A long narrow excavation in the earth

SCRAP
A small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used; "she jotted it on a scrap of paper"; "there was not a scrap left"

6 letters

MAROON
An exploding firework used as a warning signal

DEFECT
A failing or deficiency; "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information"

DISOWN
Prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

VACATE
Cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

ADRIFT
Afloat on the surface of a body of water; "after the storm the boats were adrift"

GIVEUP
Put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

STRAND
Line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable

CANCEL
A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat

DESERT
Arid land with little or no vegetation

7 letters

FORSAKE
Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"

SCUTTLE
Container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire

DISCARD
Getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable

CALLOFF
Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill"

PULLOUT

8 letters

RUNOUTON

RENOUNCE
Turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"

ABDICATE
Give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"

BACKDOWN
A retraction of a previously held position

XGOODBYE

CASTAWAY
A shipwrecked person

DERELICT
A ship abandoned on the high seas

APOSTACY

EVACUATE
Excrete or discharge from the body

JETTISON
Throw as from an airplane

WILDNESS
An intractably barbarous or uncultivated state of nature

DESOLATE
Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"

9 letters

THROWOVER

CASTASIDE
Throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

10 letters

WANTONNESS
The quality of being lewd and lascivious

12 letters

RECKLESSNESS
The trait of giving little thought to danger

UNCONSTRAINT
The trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon"

DECOMMISSION
Withdraw from active service; "The warship was decommissioned in 1998"