abandon
Meaning
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- To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
- To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.
- To leave behind; to desert, as in a ship, a position, or a person, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility.
- (obsolete) To subdue; to take control of.
- (obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
- To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish.
- To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.
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
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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