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Contexts ▼▲ Noun A child without parents Adjective Deprived of, or not having, parents Verb To abandon or leave alone … more ▼ ▲ Noun ▲ A child without parents foundling waif ragamuffin urchin stray stepchild abandoned child bereaved child mudlark outcast guttersnipe gamin street urchin wastrel tatterdemalion scarecrow castaway abandoned infant scapegrace soul enfant trouvé vagabond tramp vagrant gamine hobo loafer beggar bum child street person wanderer pariah homeless pye-dog stray dog homeless person stray cat homeless animal flotsam dogie drop jetsam fetch “Isabel Thwaites was an orphan and had been placed under the guardianship of the Abbess of a nunnery at Appleton, near York.” Adjective ▲ Deprived of, or not having, parents orphaned fatherless motherless parentless abandoned deserted forsaken dumped “This is my story about my life, as an orphan boy, growing up in an orphanage.” Verb ▲ To abandon or leave alone abandon desert dump forsake abdicate ditch strand jilt leave maroon leave all alone leave alone leave parentless make an orphan quit screw give up the ship turn back on take a powder cast off back out of hang out to dry flake out leave hanging give someone the big E cop out storm out walk away turn your back on cut loose run out on bin off give someone the push drop out walk away from fly the coop let go of take a walk bail out bow out walk out on opt out of cast aside leave behind kiss goodbye break up with wash your hands of let someone stew in their own juice leave in the lurch dispose of leg it pull out of throw over break with chicken out withdraw from leave high and dry leave stranded chuck discard drop give the elbow leave flat finish with relinquish reject rat on give up blow off break off with kiss off get rid of leave someone holding the baby run away from renounce jettison beach betray cast away split up with run away bail out on cast ashore give the heave-ho eighty-six surrender forbear trap brush off go shed forget give notice to isolate cut off stop going out with break off one's relationship with leave in trouble bail on leave holding the bag leave helpless disown leave in a lurch leave isolated throw away split from coquette break off give the old heave-ho leave at the altar split up walk out turn down do the dirty on break up “It had been his intent, when he'd set the plan into motion, to orphan the child.” Find more words! 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