abandon

/əˈbæn·dən/ verb

Definition

› to leave someone or something somewhere: Dad had to abandon the car on the side of the road.

› to stop doing something before it is finished: We abandoned the picnic when it started to rain.

(Definition of abandon verb from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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