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abandon (enc)

Abandon

Noun1.abandon - the trait of lacking restraint or control; freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon"
unrestraint - the quality of lacking restraint
2.abandon - a feeling of extreme emotional intensity; "the wildness of his anger"
passion, passionateness - strong feeling or emotion
Verb1.abandon - forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"
chuck out, discard, cast aside, cast away, throw away, toss away, toss out, put away, throw out, cast out, dispose, fling, toss - throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"
chuck, ditch - throw away; "Chuck these old notes"
dispense with - forgo; do or go without
forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo - lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime
consign - commit forever; commit irrevocably
2.abandon - 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"
ease up, give way, move over, yield, give - move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"
cave in, collapse, fall in, give way, founder, give, break - break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
3.abandon - 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"
foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish - turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
4.abandon - leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"
go forth, leave, go away - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"
5.abandon - leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
leave - go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after 20 years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been left behind"
expose - abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"
walk out - leave suddenly, often as an expression of disapproval; "She walked out on her husband and children"
ditch - forsake; "ditch a lover"
maroon, strand - leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue; "the travellers were marooned"

 

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