abandon

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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abandon

Verb

1. to desert or leave: he had already abandoned his first wife

2. to give up completely: did you abandon all attempts at contact with the boy?

3. to give oneself over completely to an emotion

Noun

with abandon uninhibitedly and without restraint [Old French a bandon under one's control]

abandonment n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	abandon - the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon" unconstraint, wantonness unrestraint - the quality of lacking restraint
	2.	abandon - a feeling of extreme emotional intensity; "the wildness of his anger" wildness passion, passionateness - a strong feeling or emotion
Verb	1.	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 or do or go without forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego - lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property" consign - commit forever; commit irrevocably
	2.	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" give up foreswear, relinquish, renounce, quit - turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
	3.	abandon - leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight" vacate, empty 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"
	4.	abandon - stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations" give up 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"
	5.	abandon - leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children" desert, desolate, forsake 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 with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned"

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abandon

verb 1. leave, strand, ditch, leave behind, walk out on, forsake, jilt, run out on, throw over, turn your back on, desert, dump, leave high and dry, leave in the lurch

verb 2. stop, drop, give up, halt, cease, cut out, pack in Brit. (informal) discontinue, leave off, desist from << OPPOSITE continue

verb 3. give up, resign from, yield, surrender, relinquish, renounce, waive, cede, forgo, abdicate << OPPOSITE keep

noun 4. recklessness, dash, wildness, wantonness, unrestraint, careless freedom << OPPOSITE restraint >> abandon ship evacuate, quit, withdraw from, vacate, depart from << OPPOSITE maintain

Translations

abandon [əˈbændən] vt → abandonar (= renounce); renunciar a

n → abandono (= wild behaviour): with abandon → con desenfreno;

to abandon ship → abandonar el barco

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abandon [əˈbændən] vt → abandonner

n → abandon m;

to abandon ship → évacuer le navire

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abandon [əˈbændən] vt → verlassen;

(child) → aussetzen;

(give up) → aufgeben

n (wild behaviour);

with abandon → selbstvergessen;

to abandon ship → das Schiff verlassen

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abandon [əˈbændən] vt → abbandonare

n → abbandono;

to abandon ship → abbandonare la nave