Abandon

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English

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Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /əˈbændən/
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Etymology 1

From Old French abandoner, formed from à + bandon ‘jurisdiction, control’, from medieval Latin bannum ‘proclamation’, from Frankish *ban, from Proto-Germanic *bannan ‘proclaim, command’ ( > English ban), from Proto-Indo-European *bha- ‘to speak’.

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Verb

to abandon (third-person singular simple present abandons, present participle abandoning, simple past abandoned, past participle abandoned)

  1. (transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})

To give up control of, to surrender.

    • Hope was overthrown, yet could not be abandoned. — I. Taylor
  2. (transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})

To leave behind, to desert.

  1. Many baby girls have been abandoned on the streets of Beijing everyday.
  2. (transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})

(obsolete{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.

    • 1594: Being all this time abandoned from your bed. — Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, I-ii
  2. (transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})

To relinquish a claim to property to underwriters.

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Derived terms
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Related terms
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Translations

to give up

to leave behind or desert

to cast out

to relinquish a claim to property

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Etymology 2

From French abandon, from abondonner.

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Noun

abandon

  1. A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.
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Translations

giving up to natural impulses

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Gregg


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French

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Etymology

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Noun

abandon m.

  1. surrender.
  2. abandonment.
  3. neglect.


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Romanian

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Etymology

from French abandon

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Noun

abandon n.

  1. abandonment.
  2. a renouncement.ar:abandon

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