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abandon
Found in thesaurus: unrestraint, passionateness, passion, throw out, cast aside, discard, toss, toss away, toss out, fling, throw away, dispose, chuck out, cast out, cast away, put away, go forth, leave, go away
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abandon
n.
impulsiveness, lack of restraint, lack of inhibition
v.
forsake, leave behind, desert; reject, renounce, give up
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Abandon
Abandon, abandoned, or abandonment may refer to:
- Abandonment (emotional), a subjective emotional state in which people feel undesired, left behind, insecure, or discarded
- Abandonment (existentialism), the existentialist idea that humanity is abandoned in existence and must find its own meaning
- Abandonment (legal), a legal term regarding property
- Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property, legal status of property after abandonment and rediscovery
- Abandonment (mysticism)
- Abandoned footwear
- Abandoned pets
- Abandoned railway
- Abandoned village, a human habitat that has been abandoned
- Child abandonment, the extralegal abandonment of children
- Mate abandonment, in animal behavior, where one parent deserts the other
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abandon
Noun
1. the trait of lacking restraint or control; freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon"
(synonym) wantonness, unconstraint
(hypernym) unrestraint
2. a feeling of extreme emotional intensity; "the wildness of his anger"
(synonym) wildness
(hypernym) passion, passionateness
Verb
1. forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"
(hypernym) discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away
(hyponym) chuck, ditch
(derivation) abandonment
2. stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas, claims, etc.; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some calims in these negociations"
(synonym) give up
(verb-group) collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
(derivation) abandonment, forsaking, desertion
3. give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"
(synonym) give up
(hyponym) foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish
(derivation) abandonment, forsaking, desertion
4. leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"
(synonym) vacate, empty
(hypernym) leave, go forth, go away
5. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
(synonym) forsake, desolate, desert
(hypernym) leave
(hyponym) expose
(derivation) desertion, abandonment, defection
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Abandon (der)
nm.
abandonment, deserting, forsaking, giving up
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abandon
nm.
resignation, waiver, act of giving up; dereliction, desertion, abandonment; leave, laying aside; surrender, abort; retirement
