If validation succeeds, the client can continue to use the path.
If validation fails, the client MUST NOT use the path and can
remove any status associated to the path initation attempt.
However, as the used Path ID is anyway consumed,
and the endpoint MUST abandon the path by sending a PATH_ABANDON frame
and retire all corresponding connection IDs by sending MP_RETIRE_CONNECTION_ID frames
on another path to inform the peer that the Path ID cannot be used anymore.
Path abandon is sufficient to retire the connection ID, and the second sentence is awkward.
In particular, this part is wrong:
Path abandon is sufficient to retire the connection ID, and the second sentence is awkward.