The phrase "abandon possibility" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the act of giving up on potential outcomes or opportunities.
Example: "In order to move forward, we must not abandon possibility and remain open to new ideas."
Alternatives: "give up on potential" or "forsake opportunity".
But to renounce what Friedrich von Hayek called economists' "pretence of exact knowledge" is not to abandon the possibility that economic theory can inform policymaking.
Now, just as Mr Menem appeared to have moved closer to that goal, he seems to have conceded defeat.On July 21st, in a surprise and seemingly final announcement, Mr Menem said that he had "decided to abandon all possibility of competing for the presidency in 1999".
The West would formally have to abandon the possibility of bringing Ukraine into Nato; and the West too has in effect already done this by demonstrating again and again its unwillingness under any circumstances to fight to defend Ukraine.
Because reality is a human construct, we must never abandon the possibility of changing reality from its very source.
… If we prematurely insist on a quantitative measure for the effectiveness of museums, we will have to abandon the possibility of making them important" (p. 274).
The change made in Round 6 guidelines to abandon the possibility for separate health systems proposals can be interpreted as a consequence of this dilemma.
Thus, rather than relying on the experience of multiple sites in improving a clinical process or drawing from the experience of multiple jurisdictions in relieving inequities, leaders tend to discount those insights and thus to abandon the possibility of thoughtful and guided reform, either by not getting reforms under way or leaving them to political forces operating with inadequate information.
Yet for those students, the ability to acquire competency in the language may mean the difference between pursuing an international internship or field research or being forced to abandon those possibilities.
For this reason, we abandoned the possibility of selective prospectivity in the criminal context in Griffith v. Kentucky, 479 U.S. 314, 328, 107 S.Ct.
