Abandonment (redirected from Elements of Abandonment)

a·ban·don  (-bndn)

tr.v. a·ban·doned, a·ban·don·ing, a·ban·dons

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. 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.

n.

1. Unbounded enthusiasm; exuberance.

2. A complete surrender of inhibitions.

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[Middle English abandounen, from Old French abandoner, from a bandon : a, at (from Latin ad; see ad-) + bandon, control; see bh-² in Indo-European roots.]

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a·bandon·er n.

a·bandon·ment n.

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Abandonment 

See Also: ALONENESS, BEARING, FRIENDSHIP

1. Abandoned as a used Kleenex —Anon
2. Abandoned, like the waves we leave behind us —Donald G. Mitchell
3. Cast off friends, as a stripper her clothes —Anon
4. Cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack —Oliver Goldsmith
5. (My youth has been) cast aside like a useless cigar stump —Anton Chekhov
6. Chuck me in the gutter like an empty purse —Edith Wharton
7. Deserted as a playwright after the first night of an unsuccessful play —W. Somerset Maugham
8. Deserted as a cemetery —Anon
9. Desolate … as the dark side of the moon —Pat Conroy
10. Discard like a withered leaf, since it has served its day —John Gould Fletcher
11. (What have we come to when people … could be) discarded … like an old beer can —May Sarton
12. Discarded … like used bandages —Louis MacNeice
13. Discard like a bad dream —Anon
14. Divest himself of his profoundest convictions and his beliefs as though they were a pair of old shoes whose soles had come loose and were flapping in the rain —Irving Stone
15. Feeling quite lost … like a fly that has had its head taken off —Luigi Pirandello
16. Felt stranded, as if some solid security has left him, as if he had, recklessly and ruthlessly, tossed away the compass which for years had kept him straight and true —Carolyn Slaughter
17. Leaving me alone like a shag on a rock —John Malcolm
18. Left like balloons with the air let out —Gloria Norris
19. Left high and dry like a shipwreck in a drained reservoir —Thomas McGuane
20. Neglected as the moon by day —Jonathan Swift
21. People had fallen away like veils —Susan Richards Shreve
22. Put off [as religious faith] quite simply, like a cloak that he no longer needed —W. Somerset Maugham
23. Shed [adult reality for past] like a snake sheds an old and worn skin —Guy Vanderhaeghe

    Vanderhaeghe used the snake comparison to describe someone shedding the reality of the present for the past.

24. Stood like a forgotten broom in the corner —Eudora Welty

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	abandonment - the act of giving something up       desertion, forsaking rejection - the act of rejecting something; "his proposals were met with rejection" exposure - abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open) apostasy, tergiversation - the act of abandoning a party for cause bolt - a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
	2.	abandonment - withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless" defection, desertion withdrawal - the act of withdrawing; "the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam" abscondment, decampment - the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest) absence without leave, unauthorized absence - unauthorized military absence deviationism - ideological defection from the party line (especially from orthodox communism)
	3.	abandonment - the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away disposition, disposal - the act or means of getting rid of something throwing away, discard - getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable discard - (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit

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abandonment

noun

1. desertion, leaving, forsaking, jilting memories of her father's complete abandonment of her

2. evacuation, leaving, quitting, departure, withdrawal the abandonment of two North Sea oilfields

3. stopping, cessation, discontinuation Rain forced the abandonment of the next day's competitions.

4. renunciation, giving up, surrender, waiver, abdication, cession, relinquishment their abandonment of the policy

Translations

abandonment [əˈbændənmənt] N

1. (= state) → abandono m; (= act) → acto m de desamparar, el abandonar

2. (moral) = abandon B

abandonment [əˈbændənmənt] n

[person, place] → abandon m

[work, activity] → abandon m

[idea, policy, strategy] → renonciation f
abandonment of sth → renonciation à qch

abandonment

n

(= forsaking, desertion) → Verlassen nt

(= giving-up) → Aufgabe f

(= abandon) → Hingabe f, → Selbstvergessenheit f, → Hemmungslosigkeit f (pej)

abandonment [əˈbændənmənt] n → abbandono