abandoners
People who forsake
Abandoners are people who abandon—those who leave behind, desert, or give up on something or someone.
The word appears in contexts ranging from relationship discussions abandoners of their families to policy debates abandoners of fiscal responsibility.
It carries judgment: to call someone an abandoner emphasizes the act of leaving as a character trait rather than a circumstance.
Those who commit disloyalty
- desertersThose who abandon service
- defectorsThose abandoning allegiance
- turncoatsThose who betray loyalties
- backstabbersThose who deceive allies
renegades · apostates · sellouts · double-crossers · disloyal · unfaithful · perfidious · treacherous
Those who formally reject
- abdicatorsThose who renounce authority
- forsakersThose who renounce
- surrenderersThose who give up
- yieldersThose who relinquish
Failing in due care
- derelictAbandoned or neglectful
- irresponsibleLacking sense of duty
- carelessInattentive, prone to mistakes
- inattentiveNot paying attention
heedless · remiss · unmindful · neglectful · disregardful · indifferent · apathetic · unfeeling
traitors
Those who commit disloyalty
- desertersThose who abandon service
- defectorsThose abandoning allegiance
- turncoatsThose who betray loyalties
backstabbers · renegades · apostates · sellouts · double-crossers · disloyal · unfaithful · perfidious · treacherous · runaways
renouncers
Those who formally reject
- abdicatorsThose who renounce authority
- forsakersThose who renounce
- surrenderersThose who give up
yielders · disclaimers · repudiators · withdrawers · resigners
negligent
Failing in due care
- derelictAbandoned or neglectful
- irresponsibleLacking sense of duty
- carelessInattentive, prone to mistakes
inattentive · heedless · remiss · unmindful · neglectful · disregardful · indifferent · apathetic · unfeeling · cold-hearted
abandonersstayers
Those who remain
loyalists · keepers · remainers · committers · persisters
abandonerscaretakers
Those who maintain property
nurturers · protectors · guardians · caregivers · supporters
abandonersrescuers
Those who save endangered people
saviors · retrievers · reclaimers · adopters · collectors
- abandoned houseDwelling left uninhabited
- abandoned buildingUnoccupied structure left behind
- abandoned homeDwelling no longer occupied
- abandoned mineVacated underground extraction site
- abandoned townUninhabited former settlement
- abandoned railroad