"Abandon" is not the right word, because it usually implies moral failure or, at...

		pw0ncakes on April 14, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nick Levine abandons his book "Lisp Outside the Bo... "Abandon" is not the right word, because it usually implies moral failure or, at the least, defection. In this case, he's taking a break for health reasons, which is an entirely different situation. I hope he gets better soon.

To be fair, "abandon" is the word he actually used in the OP.