abandon

Meaning

Synonyms

yield

abdicate

depart from

purvey

sign away

fork up

skip it

be careless

be separated

change sides

deed over

despair of

deviate from

drop it

escape from

flee from

free oneself

get away from

indulge in

leave undone

sell at a loss

send packing

take leave from

break up with

distance oneself from

turn one’s back on

turn one’s back

see everything

pay no attention

turn away from

go away from

be disloyal

go over to the other side

unsolicitous for

go from

hence throw away

careless living

detach one’s heart

be cured of

repent and reform

leave it

forlese

self-despair

abbreviate

denounce

fling away

give up on

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
aban‧don
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈbæn.dən/
Etymology

* From Middle English abandounen, from Old French abandoner, formed from a (“at, to”) + bandon (“jurisdiction, control”), from Late Latin bannum (“proclamation”), bannus, bandum, from Frankish *ban, *bann, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to proclaim, command”) (compare English ban), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”). See also ban, banal. * Displaced Middle English forleten (“to abandon”), from Old English forlǣtan, anforlǣtan; see forlet; and Middle English forleven (“to leave behind, abandon”), from Old English forlǣfan; see forleave.

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