| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 廃棄 | はいき | annulment, disposal, abandon, scrap, discarding, repeal |
| 投棄 | とうき | abandonment, giving up, throwing away |
| 棄権 | きけん | abstaining from voting; renunciation of a right |
| 放棄 | ほうき | abandonment, renunciation, resignation, abdication (responsibility, right) |
| 遺棄 | いき | abandonment, desertion, relinquishment |
| 棄却 | ききゃく | rejection, dismissal, abandoning, renunciation, waiver |
| 破棄 | はき | tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents), disposal (e.g. weaponry), revocation, annulment, breaking (e.g. treaty), reversing (e.g. an original judgment) (judgement), discard |
| 棄損 | きそん | damage, injury, defamation, waste |
| 自暴自棄 | じぼうじき | desperation, despair, self-abandonment |
| 棄てる | すてる | to throw away, to cast aside, to abandon, to resign, to break up with (someone) |