abandonment, n.1. desertion, forsaking, rejection; defection, heresy, apostasy, recreance, recreancy; neglect, negligence, dereliction; departure, decampment, evacuation.
2. relinquishment, abnegation, resignation, abdication, Archaic, demission; renunciation, repudiation, disavowal, recantation, denial, (under oath)
abjuration, backpedaling.
3. surrender, yielding, nonresistance.
abase, v. 1. degrade, debase, vitiate, demean, discredit, demote, depose; devaluate, reduce, lower, depress; humiliate, humble, mortify, bring low, take down, bring ortake down a peg.
2. disgrace, dishonor, shame; slander, calumniate, asperse, denigrate, malign, vilify, vituperate, revile, smirch, besmirch, smear, Inf.badmouth; belittle, deprecate, deflate, disparage, depreciate, downgrade, Inf.put down, Inf.playdown.
abasement, n.1. degradation, depravation, debasement, vitiation, deterioration, degeneration; devaluation, downfall, fall, descent, lowering, reduction, detrusion, depression; humiliation, humble pie, mortification, deflation; humility, humbleness, meekness, servility, lowliness, abjectness, submission, resignation, self-abasement, prostration.
2. disgrace, shame, dishonor, disrepute, obloquy, ingloriousness; infamy, ignominy, baseness, vileness, turpitude, meanness, despicableness, contemptibleness.
abash, v. disconcert, discomfit, take aback, ruffle, discompose; embarrass, chagrin, discountenance, put out of countenance, shame, put to shame, make ashamed, humiliate, mortify, humble, put down, take down, disgrace, cause to lose face; nonplus, confound, confuse, bewilder, astonish, dumfound, perturb; dismay, dishearten, daunt, intimidate, cow, browbeat, overawe, overwhelm.
abashed, adj.1. disconcerted, nonplused, taken aback, out of countenance, discomfited, dumfounded, chagrined; dismayed, daunted, cowed, intimidated, awestruck, overawed, subdued, timid, timorous.
2. embarrassed, ashamed, humiliated, mortified; shamefaced, shy, bashful, self-conscious, retiring, withdrawn.
abashment, n.awe, dismay, consternation, confusion, discomfiture; embarrassment, mortification, shame, humiliation, chagrin, vexation; shyness, bashfulness, self-consciousness,
abate, v. 1. reduce, diminish, decrease, lower, lessen, attenuate, weaken, bate; alleviate, mitigate, allay, palliate, assuage, relieve; mollify, soften, pacify, appease; quiet, calm, tranquilize, soothe, SI.simmer down; moderate, temper, Archaic, attemper; quell, slake, blunt, dull.