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Definitions for Abandon

[1] to leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert: to abandon one's farm; to abandon a child; to abandon a sinking ship.
[2] to give up; discontinue; withdraw from: to abandon a research project; to abandon hopes for a stage career.
[3] to give up the control of: to abandon a city to an enemy army.
[4] to yield (oneself) without restraint or moderation; give (oneself) over to natural impulses, usually without self-control: to abandon oneself to grief.
[5] Law . to cast away, leave, or desert, as property or a child.
[6] Insurance . to relinquish (insured property) to the underwriter in case of partial loss, thus enabling the insured to claim a total loss.
[7] Obsolete . to banish.
[8] a complete surrender to natural impulses without restraint or moderation; freedom from inhibition or conventionality: to dance with reckless abandon.
[9] carelessly; recklessly.
[10] to forsake completely; desert; leave behind to abandon a baby ; drivers had to abandon their cars
[11] abandon ship the order given to the crew of a ship that is about to sink to take to the lifeboats
[12] to give up completely to abandon a habit ; to abandon hope
[13] to yield control of or concern in; relinquish to abandon office
[14] to give up (something begun) before completion to abandon a job ; the game was abandoned
[15] to surrender (oneself) to emotion without restraint
[16] to give (insured property that has suffered partial loss or damage) to the insurers in order that a claim for a total loss may be made
[17] freedom from inhibitions, restraint, concern, or worry she danced with abandon

Words related to Abandon

spontaneity, quit, dump, ditch, discontinue, stop, leave, withdraw, vacate, discard, surrender, desert, renounce, reject, forsake, freedom, thoughtlessness, recklessness, licentiousness, impulse

Words nearby Abandon

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Origin of Abandon

à l'abandonliterally, with abandon

Other words from Abandon

a·ban·don·a·ble , adjective
a·ban·don·er , noun
a·ban·don·ment , noun
non·a·ban·don·ment , noun
un·a·ban·don·ing , adjective

Word origin for Abandon

C14: abandounen (vb), from Old French, from a bandon under one's control, in one's power, from a at, to + bandon control, power

Synonyms for Abandon

spontaneity, disregard, freedom, impulse, licentiousness, recklessness, thoughtlessness, unrestraint, wantonness, wildness, uninhibitedness