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   abandon

   /əˈband(ə)n/

   verb

   • 1. cease to support or look after (someone); desert: "her natural mother had abandoned her at an early age" Similar desertleaveleave high and dryturn one's back oncast asidebreak (up) withjiltstrandleave strandedleave in the lurchthrow overinformal:run/walk out ondumpditchgive someone the pushgive someone the big Ebin offarchaic:forsakeOpposite stick by
   • ▪ leave (a place or vehicle) empty or uninhabited, without intending to return: "derelict houses were abandoned" Similar vacateleavequitevacuatewithdraw from
   • ▪ condemn someone or something to (a specified fate) by ceasing to take an interest in them: "an attempt to persuade businesses not to abandon the area to inner-city deprivation" Similar relinquishsurrendergive upcedeyieldleave
   • 2. give up completely (a practice or a course of action): "he had clearly abandoned all pretence of trying to succeed" Similar renouncerelinquishdispense withforsweardisclaimdisowndisavowdiscardwash one's hands ofgive updropdo away withjettisoninformal:ditchscrapscrubaxejunkgive upstopceasedropforgodesist fromhave done withabjureabstain fromdiscontinuebreak offrefrain fromset/lay asideinformal:cut outkickjack inpack inquitOpposite keepclaimcontinuetake up
   • ▪ discontinue (a scheduled event) before completion: "fans invaded the pitch and the match was abandoned"
   • 3. allow oneself to indulge in (a desire or impulse): "they abandoned themselves to despair" Similar indulge ingive way togive oneself up toyield tolose oneself to/inOpposite control oneself

   noun

   • 1. complete lack of inhibition or restraint: "she sings and sways with total abandon"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French abandoner, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + bandon ‘control’ (related to ban1). The original sense was ‘bring under control’, later ‘give in to the control of, surrender to’ (abandon (sense 3 of the verb)).

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   Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the verb and noun abandon, which means to give up, withdraw, or surrender. Find out how to use abandon in a sentence and how it differs from related words like desert and forsake.

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   Abandon definition: to leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert. See examples of ABANDON used in a sentence.

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   Abandon means to leave, give up, or relinquish something or someone completely and finally. It can also mean to yield to emotion or impulse without restraint. See synonyms, related terms, and usage examples from various sources.

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   To abandon something is to give it up completely. If you’re in a cabin and a forest fire approaches, you’d better get in your car and abandon your cabin, or else be prepared to abandon your life.

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   If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation and examples of the verb abandon, which means to leave somebody or something with no intention of returning, or to stop doing or believing something. Find out the synonyms, collocations and word origin of abandon.