Masculine
abandon
- (masculine) surrender; desertion; withdrawal
- (masculine) abandonment, abandoning
- (masculine) state of neglect
- (literary, masculine) abandon, unrestraint (yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ̃/
Etymology
From Old French (mettre) a bandon (“to deliver”, literally “to place in someone's power”). Gamillscheg suggests a derivation from Old French a ban donner, but the Trésor de la langue française considers this unlikely, as the phrase is not attested.
rezignation
debt forgiveness
neglected state
abandonment of service
négligence coupable
demission d’un parti
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