mindmap root((抛弃)) abandon can suggest complete disinterest in the future of what is given up: they ~ed their cat at the end of the summer. desert implies a relationship （as of occupancy or guardianship）; it can suggest desolation: ~ed farms growing up to brush; or culpability: soldiers who ~ their posts. forsake implies a breaking of a close association by repudiation or renunciation: she ~ her husband for a career.