"abandon" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- So it is very easy for someone who was born Jewish to abandon Jewish traditions and customs in adulthood, absent a conscious choice to 'stay' Jewish.
- Supporters of this change intended the measure as a temporary solution, as a general belief existed that Māori would soon abandon traditional customs governing land-ownership.
- Also prohibited were "medicine men" who "use any of the arts of the conjurer to prevent the Indians from abandoning their heathenish rites and customs."
- He imposed a program of forced Hellenization, requiring Jews to abandon their own laws and customs, thus precipitating the Maccabean Revolt.
- During the 1970s, the bulk of the community abandoned Islamic customs, and embraced Hinduism.
- We could hardly expect that the pagans who embraced Christianity could altogether abandon their former creeds and customs.
- The Maoist guerrillas have long fought to control Peru's forest people, trying to force them to abandon their language, customs and political autonomy.
- Lutherans urged Danes to abandon their Catholic beliefs, customs, and institutions in favor of those of the Lutheran movement.
- Indians and native Inuit, all anxious for their share of the wealth, flocked to the cities, abandoning their homelands and customs.
- As queen of Denmark, Adela was not popular, but criticized for influenting her spouse to abandon Danish customs in favour of German ones.
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