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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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   What is another word for abandon?

   • To desert; to forsake. [attested only in the late 16th century] Contraction of abandon. Find similar words to aband using the buttons below. Aband definition: To desist in practicing, using, or doing; to renounce. [attested only in the late 16th century].

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   What does it mean if you abandon a place?

   • 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. He claimed that his parents had abandoned him. [VERB noun] The road is strewn with abandoned vehicles. [VERB-ed] If you abandon an activity or piece of work, you stop doing it before it is finished.

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   What is abandon verb?

   • Definition of abandon verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary abandon somebody to leave someone, especially someone you are responsible for, with no intention of returning The baby had been abandoned by its mother. People often simply abandon their pets when they go on vacation.

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   • abandon somebody to leave someone, especially someone you are responsible for, with no intention of returning The baby had been abandoned by its mother. People often simply abandon their pets when they go on vacation. Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press!

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   Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the word abandon, both as a verb and a noun. Abandon can mean to give up, leave, surrender, or yield to something or someone.

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   Abandon means to leave completely and finally, to give up or discontinue something, or to surrender oneself to natural impulses. Learn more about its origin, usage, and related words from Dictionary.com.

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   8 meanings: 1. to forsake completely; desert; leave behind 2. → See abandon ship 3. to give up completely 4. to yield control.... Click for more definitions.

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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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    Abandon means to leave someone or something somewhere, sometimes not returning to get them, or to stop doing something before it is finished. See the meaning, pronunciation, translations and usage examples of abandon in the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary.