Collocations for abandon - verb

hastily
The town had been hastily abandoned.

abandon sb to their fate
be left abandoned
be found abandoned
The car was found abandoned in a nearby town.

altogether, completely, entirely, totally
The government does not propose to abandon the project altogether.

effectively, largely, virtually
This principle has now been effectively abandoned.

eventually, finally
simply
Traditional policies were simply abandoned.

formally
abruptly (esp. AmE), immediately, quickly
gradually
quietly
The plans for reform were quietly abandoned.

temporarily
voluntarily

be forced to, have to
decide to

for
He abandoned the army for politics.

in favour/favor of
She abandoned her teaching career in favour/favor of singing.

Abandon is used with these nouns as the object:
allegiance, ambition, approach, attempt, baby, belief, car, career, child, doctrine, dream, duty, effort, enterprise, game, heritage, home, hope, ideal, insistence, mission, name, nest, plan, policy, politics, practice, pretence, principle, project, pursuit, quest, religion, responsibility, restraint, search, ship, strategy, system, tradition, vehicle