• abandonment, betrayal, dereliction, desertion, discarding, doing-away, giving up, jilting, leaving, leaving off, omission, outdistancing, overtaking, quitting, relinquishment, renouncing, surrender
• cut, dropping, intermission, intermittence, lapse, omission, skip
• mandate, mandatory writ
• affirmation, approval, assent, endorsement, imprimatur, indorsement, ratification, validation
• margin for safety, safety margin
• having left the town, leaving the town