Abandon

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To withdraw one's support or help from, especially in spite of duty, allegiance, or responsibility; desert: abandon a friend in trouble.
  • v. To give up by leaving or ceasing to operate or inhabit, especially as a result of danger or other impending threat: abandoned the ship.
  • v. To surrender one's claim to, right to, or interest in; give up entirely. See Synonyms at relinquish.
  • v. To cease trying to continue; desist from: abandoned the search for the missing hiker.
  • v. To yield (oneself) completely, as to emotion.
  • n. Unbounded enthusiasm; exuberance.
  • n. A complete surrender of inhibitions.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To surrender to the insurer the insured item, so as to claim a total loss.
  • ad. Freely; entirely.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
  • v. To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender.
  • v. Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad sense.
  • v. To relinquish all claim to; -- used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against.
  • n. Abandonment; relinquishment.
  • n. A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To detach or withdraw one's self from; leave.
  • To give up; cease to occupy one's self with; cease to use, follow, etc.: as, to abandon an enterprise; this custom was long ago abandoned.
  • To resign, forego, or renounce; relinquish all concern in: as, to abandon the cares of empire.
  • To relinquish the control of; yield up without restraint: as, he abandoned the city to the conqueror.
  • To outlaw; banish; drive out or away.
  • To reject or renounce.
  • In com., to relinquish to the underwriters all claim to, as to ships or goods insured, as a preliminary toward recovering for a total loss. See abandonment.
  • n. The act of giving up or relinquishing; abandonment.
  • n. Abandonment to naturalness of action or manner; freedom from constraint or conventionality; dash.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. forsake, leave behind
  • v. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
  • v. stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
  • n. the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
  • n. a feeling of extreme emotional intensity
  • v. give up with the intent of never claiming again
  • v. leave behind empty; move out of
  • Antonym
    keep    continue    accompany    appropriate   
    Verb Form
    abandoned    abandoning    abandonned    abandons   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    unrestraint    passion    passionateness    leave    go forth    go away   
    Cross Reference
    relinquish    forgo    abdicate    subject    stop    to abandon one's self   
    Hyponym
    relinquish    foreswear    quit    renounce   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    desert    yield    give up    surrender    forsake    retire    resign    abdicate    quit    cede   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Branden    Brandon    Landon    Ugandan   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    glee    frankness    recklessness    eagerness    gaiety    exuberance    frenzy    ecstasy    exultation    ferocity