1. To withdraw one's support or help from, especially in spite of duty, allegiance, or responsibility; desert: abandon a friend in trouble.
2. To give up by leaving or ceasing to operate or inhabit, especially as a result of danger or other impending threat: abandoned the ship.
3. To surrender one's claim to, right to, or interest in; give up entirely: abandon a belief. See Synonyms at relinquish .
4. To cease trying to continue; desist from: abandoned the search for the missing hiker.
5. To yield (oneself) completely, as to emotion.
Great enthusiasm or lack of restraint: skied with abandon.
[Middle English abandounen. from Old French abandoner. from a bandon. at one's own discretion, without restraint. a. at (from Latin ad ; see ad- ) + bandon. control ; see bhā- in Indo-European roots .]
1. to forsake completely; desert; leave behind: to abandon a baby ; drivers had to abandon their cars.
2. (Nautical Terms) abandon ship the order given to the crew of a ship that is about to sink to take to the lifeboats
3. to give up completely: to abandon a habit ; to abandon hope.
4. to yield control of or concern in; relinquish: to abandon office.
5. to give up (something begun) before completion: to abandon a job ; the game was abandoned.
6. to surrender (oneself) to emotion without restraint
7. (Insurance) to give (insured property that has suffered partial loss or damage) to the insurers in order that a claim for a total loss may be made
freedom from inhibitions, restraint, concern, or worry: she danced with abandon.
[C14: abandounen (vb), from Old French, from a bandon under one's control, in one's power, from a at, to + bandon control, power]
a•ban•don 1
1. to leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert: to abandon a child; to abandon a sinking ship.
2. to give up; discontinue; withdraw from: to abandon a project; to abandon hope.
3. to give up the control of: to abandon a city to an enemy army.
4. to yield (oneself) without restraint or moderation, as to emotions or natural impulses: to abandon oneself to grief.
5. to relinquish (insured property) in case of partial loss, so that the insured can claim a total loss.
[1325–75; Middle English abando(u)nen < Middle French abandoner for Old French (mettre ) a bandon (put) under (someone's) jurisdiction =a at, to (< Latin ad; see ad -) + bandon < Germanic *band ; see bond 1 ]
a•ban•don 2
a complete surrender to natural impulses without restraint or moderation; freedom from constraint: to dance with reckless abandon.
[1815–25; < French]
Past participle: abandoned
Gerund: abandoning
1. to leave, not intending to return to. They abandoned the stolen car. agterlaat يَتْرُك،يَهْجُر изоставям abandonar opustit, zanechat zurücklassen efterlade εγκαταλείπω abandonar. dejar maha jätma قید چیزی را زدن hylätä abandonner לִנטוֹש छोड़ देना ostaviti, napustiti elhagy meninggalkan yfirgefa abbandonare 捨てる (사람·집 ·지위 등을) 버리다, 유기하다 palikti, pamesti pamest; atstāt meninggalkan verlaten gå fra porzucać د يو شي قيد پورته كول abandonar a abandona, a părăsi покидать opustiť, zanechať, zriecť sa zapustiti napustiti överge ทิ้ง terketmek, bırakmak 拋棄 кидати, залишати چھوڑ دینا từ bỏ 抛弃
2. to give (oneself) completely to. He abandoned himself to despair. oorgee يَسْتَسْلِم لِ отдавам се entregar-se oddat se, propadnout sich hingeben hengive; kaste sig ud i αφήνομαι abandonarse. entregarse (end millegi) meelevalda andma خود را تسلیم چیزی کردن luopua s'abandonner לְהִתמַכֵּר छोड़ देना prepustiti se átadja magát vminek menyerah gefa sig á vald abbandonarsi ～に身を任せる. 에 빠지다, 자포자기하다 pulti į ļauties membiarkan zich overgeven. overlaten hengi. kaste seg ut i poddawać się خپل ځان يو شي ته سپارل entregar-se a se abandona предаваться oddať sa, prepadnúť (čomu) prepustiti se prepustiti överlämna (hänge) sig åt ปล่อยตามอารมณ์ kendini bırakmak 完全陷入 віддаватися حوالے کر دینا buông thả 放任，陷入
1. shameless. an abandoned young woman. losbandig خَلِيع، مُتَهَتِّك безсрамница desavergonhado nestoudný, nemravný hemmungslos løsagtig; skamløs ξετσίπωτος. ξεδιάντροπος inmoral. desvergonzado häbitu بی حیا jätetty dévergondé מופקר लंपट razvratan szégyentelen tak tahu malu ofurseldur (gjörspilltur) dissoluto 恥知らずの 파렴치한, 뻔뻔한 neturintis gėdos, pasileidęs izlaidīgs; paklīdis ditinggalkan losbandig løsaktig. umoralsk zdeprawowany بي حيا desavergonhado neruşinat распутный nemravný, nehanebný razuzdan raskalašan otyglad, utsvävande ซึ่งไม่อับอาย arsız. utanmaz 不知羞恥的 розпусний, розбещений بے شرم trơ tráo 无耻的
2. having been left without any intention of returning to or reclaiming. The police found the abandoned car. gelate مَهْجور، مَتْروك изоставен abandonado opuštěný verlassen efterladt; forladt εγκαταλειμμένος abandonado mahajäetud رها شده hylätty abandonné נטוש परित्यक्त napušten elhagyott ditinggalkan yfirgefinn abbandonato 捨てられた 버려진 paliktas, pamestas pamests; atstāts ditinggalkan verlaten forlatt porzucony پريښودلي، پاتي شوي abandonado părăsit, abandonat брошенный opustený zapuščen napušten övergiven ซึ่งถูกทิ้ง terkedilmiş 被丟棄的 залишений, покинутий بے آسرا bỏ rơi 被丢弃的
Lack of money led to the abandonment of this plan. opgee تَرْك оттегляне abandono opuštění, odstoupení die Aufgabe opgivelse εγκατάλειψη abandono hülgamine توقف hylkääminen abandon נטישה परित्याग napuštanje feladás batal fráhvarf, það að hætta við abbandono 放棄 포기 palikimas, atsisakymas pamešana; atsacīšanās penghentian het opgeven oppgivelse. det å gi opp porzucenie, rezygnacja دريدنه، پريښودنه abandono abandon, părăsire оставление zrieknutie sa (čoho) opustitev napuštanje övergivande การละทิ้ง vazgeçme, terk. yarım bırakma 放棄 занедбаність; залишення ترک کر دینے کا عمل từ bỏ 放弃
v. abandonar, dejar; desamparar.
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She did not think herself a genius by any means, but when the writing fit came on, she gave herself up to it with entire abandon. and led a blissful life, unconscious of want, care, or bad weather, while she sat safe and happy in an imaginary world, full of friends almost as real and dear to her as any in the flesh.
There was the truth of virginity and the truth of passion, the truth of wealth and of poverty, of thrift and of profligacy, of carelessness and abandon .
Cora was in the act of speaking, with an intent to advise the woman to abandon the trifle, when the savage relinquished his hold of the shawl, and tore the screaming infant from her arms.
If I ever had any such idea, I should abandon it now; you are quite right in this as in your other opinions.
God knows I never wished to harass him, but I felt that merely, at this, to turn my back on him was to abandon or, to put it more truly, to lose him.
I abandon the glory and distinction of such offices to those who like them.
Erskine was on the other side; and he then supported it by saying, that though the gentleman had originally harpooned the lady, and had once had her fast, and only by reason of the great stress of her plunging viciousness, had as last abandoned her; yet abandon her he did, so that she became a loose-fish; and therefore when a subsequent gentleman re-harpooned her, the lady then became that subsequent gentleman's property, along with whatever harpoon might have been found sticking in her.
Were the slaveholders at once to abandon this practice, I have not the slightest doubt it would lead to an immediate insurrection among the slaves.
I abandon to you, then, what is absolutely superfluous to me.
But should Linton be unworthy - only a feeble tool to his father - I cannot abandon her to him
The case is so hopeless, and I feel that I am wallowing in such a bog of nonsense, that I give up all idea of getting out, and abandon myself to my fate.
Dissatisfaction seated musingly on a childless hearth, thinks with envy of the father whose return is greeted by young voices--seated at the meal where the little heads rise one above another like nursery plants, it sees a black care hovering behind every one of them, and thinks the impulses by which men abandon freedom, and seek for ties, are surely nothing but a brief madness.