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dereliction
If a building or a piece of land is in a state of dereliction, it is deserted or abandoned. -
destitution
Destitution is the state of having no money or possessions. -
new economic policy
(in the Soviet Union) a program in effect from 1921 to 1928, reviving the wage system and private ownership of some factories and businesses, and abandoning grain requisitions. -
renunciation
an act or instance of relinquishing, abandoning, repudiating, or sacrificing something, as a right, title, person, or ambition: the king's renunciation of the throne. -
scorched-earth policy
a military practice of devastating the property and agriculture of an area before abandoning it to an advancing enemy.