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Definitions for Abandoner
[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] to forsake completely; desert; leave behind to abandon a baby ; drivers had to abandon their cars
[9] abandon ship the order given to the crew of a ship that is about to sink to take to the lifeboats
[10] to give up completely to abandon a habit ; to abandon hope
[11] to yield control of or concern in; relinquish to abandon office
[12] to give up (something begun) before completion to abandon a job ; the game was abandoned
[13] to surrender (oneself) to emotion without restraint
[14] 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
[15] freedom from inhibitions, restraint, concern, or worry she danced with abandon
Words related to Abandoner
abandonheretic, insurgent, deserter, dissident, defector, traitor, mutineer, tergiversator, outlaw, double-crosser, turncoat, fugitive, betrayer, turnabout, escapee, rebel, iconoclast, recreant, apostate, exile
Words nearby Abandoner
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Origin of Abandoner
11325–75; Middle English abando(u)nen < Middle French abandoner for Old French (mettre ) a bandon (put) under (someone's) jurisdiction, equivalent to a at, to (< Latin ad; see ad-) + bandon < Germanic *band; see bond1
Other words from Abandoner
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 Abandoner
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 Abandoner
defector, deserter, dissident, heretic, insurgent, mutineer, traitor, apostate, backslider, betrayer, double-crosser, escapee, exile, fugitive, iconoclast, outlaw, rebel, recreant, refugee, runaway, snake, tergiversator, turnabout, turncoat, forsaker, schismatic, snake in the grass