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- DictionaryA·ban·don/əˈbandən/
verb
- 1. cease to support or look after (someone); desert: "her natural mother had abandoned her at an early age"
- 2. give up completely (a course of action, a practice, or a way of thinking): "he had clearly abandoned all pretense of trying to succeed"
noun
- 1. complete lack of inhibition or restraint: "she sings and sways with total abandon"
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Abandon means to give up or discontinue any further interest in something because of discouragement, weariness, distaste, or the like: to abandon one's efforts. Relinquish implies being or feeling compelled to give up something one would prefer to keep: to relinquish a long-cherished desire.
abandon yourself to something (literary) to feel an emotion so strongly that you can feel nothing else He abandoned himself to despair. Definition of abandon verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to leave someone or something somewhere, sometimes not returning to get them: They were forced to abandon the car. He was abandoned by his mother as a baby. abandon verb [T] (STOP DOING) to stop doing something before it is finished, or to stop following a plan, idea, etc: The match was abandoned because of rain. abandoned. adjective. abandonment.
From Longman Business Dictionary a‧ban‧don /əˈbændən/ verb [ transitive] 1 to stop doing or using something because it is too difficult or unsuccessful The company abandoned its takeover bid. The power plant was abandoned before it was even completed. 2 if you abandon a ship or its cargo, you accept that it is too badly damaged to be ...
1. See desert 2. 2. Abandon, relinquish, renounce mean to give up all concern in something.
1. a. : to give up to the control or influence of another person or agent. b. : to give up with the intent of never again claiming a right or interest in. abandon property. 2. : to withdraw from often in the face of danger or encroachment. abandon ship.
1. Chiefly Scottish. at (also in) abandoun: recklessly… 2. Complete control. Chiefly in to hold under one's abandon… Obsolete. 1. a1425–1530. Chiefly Scottish. at (also in) abandoun: recklessly, impetuously; unreservedly, freely. to give in abandon: to give freely. a1425 (?a1400)
