放ほう棄き

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放棄する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Formal term for voluntarily giving up a right, claim, plan, or responsibility. Used in legal, business, and serious personal contexts.

〈物もの〉を放ほう棄きするto abandon/renounce (a right, responsibility, plan, etc.)
彼かれはその重おもい責せき任にんを放ほう棄きした。
He abandoned that heavy responsibility.
〈物もの〉を無む条じょう件けんで放ほう棄きするto unconditionally give up (a right, claim, etc.)
会かい社しゃはその特とっ許きょを無む条じょう件けんで放ほう棄きした。
The company unconditionally gave up the patent.

断だん念ねんN1
断念 suggests giving up a hope or plan after struggle and often carries emotional weight, while 放棄 is a more formal term for abandoning a right, duty, or claim.
諦あきらめるN4
諦める is the everyday verb for giving up hope or effort, whereas 放棄 is a formal noun/する-verb used in legal or official contexts.
棄き権けんN1
放棄 is a broad term for giving up any right, property, or responsibility, while 棄権 is used specifically for abstaining from a vote or withdrawing from a contest.
遺い棄き
放棄 is the broad legal/general term for giving up a right, claim, or effort, while 遺棄 specifically means leaving behind a person, animal, or object, often implying wrongdoing.

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投とう棄き
放棄 means giving up rights, duties, or efforts, whereas 投棄 means physically discarding or dumping objects, often illegally.
放ほう置ちN1
放棄 is a stronger, more formal term for giving up rights, duties, or property, whereas 放置 simply describes inaction or leaving something unattended.
捨すてるN5
放棄する is a formal, often legal or official term for renouncing a right or duty, while 捨てる is the everyday word for giving something up.
返へん上じょうN1
放棄 denotes abandoning or waiving a right, duty, or possession, often with legal finality, while 返上 more specifically suggests handing something back to relinquish it.
手て放ばなす
放棄する is a formal word for abandoning rights or claims, while 手放す is more everyday and concrete, often about physically or practically letting go of something.
見み捨すてるN1
放棄する is a formal term for relinquishing rights, duties, or plans; 見捨てる is more emotionally loaded and typically used for abandoning people.

行こう使しN1
行使 means to exercise a right or power, the opposite of 放棄, which means to give up or renounce it.
保ほ持じ
保持 means to keep or maintain something, the opposite action to 放棄, which means to give it up.
保ほ有ゆう
放棄 means to abandon or renounce a right or asset, the opposite of 保有, which means to keep holding onto it.

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占せん有ゆう
放棄 means giving up or abandoning a right or possession, the opposite of 占有 which means holding or controlling it.
取しゅ得とくN1
放棄 means to give up or relinquish something, the direct opposite of 取得, which means to acquire or obtain it.
堅けん持じ
放棄 means to abandon or give up a position or right, the direct opposite of 堅持, which means to hold firmly to it.

破は棄きN1
破棄 means to nullify, cancel, or destroy (e.g. a contract or document), while 放棄 means to voluntarily give up a right or responsibility; the two share the kanji 棄 but differ in meaning.

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Sino-Japanese compound of 放 (release, let go) and 棄 (discard, abandon). The rare form 抛棄 uses 抛 (throw away) with a similar meaning.