abandon

Meaning of abandon

verb
  1. To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
  2. To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.
  3. To leave behind; to desert as in a ship or a position, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility.
    Many baby girls have been abandoned on the streets of Beijing.
  4. To subdue; to take control of.
  5. To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
  6. To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish.
  7. To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.
noun
  1. A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences.
  2. Abandonment; relinquishment.

Information about abandon

Hyphenation of abandon

aban-don

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • abandon is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

abandon synonyms

Meaning wantonness:

wantonness, unconstraint

Meaning wildness:

wildness

Meaning vacate:

vacate, empty

Meaning forsake:

forsake, desolate, desert

Meaning :

abandonment, libertinism, profligacy, unrestraint

Translation of abandon

Words that rhyme with abandon

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