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- DictionaryA·ban·doned/əˈband(ə)nd/
adjective
- 1. having been deserted or cast off: "an abandoned car"
- 2. unrestrained; uninhibited: "a wild, abandoned dance"
to leave a place, thing, or person, usually for ever: We had to abandon the car. By the time the rebel troops arrived, the village had already been abandoned. As a baby he was abandoned by his mother. abandon ship We were sinking fast, and the captain gave the order to abandon ship. Fewer examples.
Abandoned definition: forsaken or deserted. See examples of ABANDONED used in a sentence.
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.
to leave a place, thing, or person, usually forever: We had to abandon the car. By the time the rebel troops arrived, the village had already been abandoned. As a baby he was abandoned by his mother. abandon ship We were sinking fast, and the captain gave the order to abandon ship. Fewer examples.
The adjective abandoned describes something that's been given up or discarded. You can use it to talk about a kitten abandoned at an animal shelter, an old car abandoned by the side of the road, or a person's dreams of becoming an opera singer abandoned when they had kids.
4 days ago · adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] An abandoned place or building is no longer used or occupied . All that digging had left a network of abandoned mines and tunnels. ...abandoned buildings that become a breeding ground for crime. Synonyms: unoccupied, empty, deserted, vacant More Synonyms of abandoned. More Synonyms of abandoned.
1. : the act of abandoning something or someone. In its family and social contexts, he argues, the abandonment of children was, if not a "good thing," at least the most feasible means of family limitation during the many centuries when other methods were largely ineffective or, in the case of Christians, prohibited. Mary Martin McLaughlin. 2.
