verbs
forsake, leave behind
"We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"
is a type of (narrower)
throw or cast away
"Put away your worries"
cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out
give up with the intent of never claiming again
"Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"
leave behind empty; move out of
"You must vacate your office by tonight"
stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
"He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations"
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
"The mother deserted her children"