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abandon
v. to intentionally and permanently give up, surrender, leave, desert or relinquish all interest or ownership in property, a home or other premises, a right of way, and even a spouse, family, or children. The word is often used in situations to determine whether a tenant has left his/her apartment and the property inside and does not intend to come back. Thus, a landlord can take over an apparently abandoned residence, but must store anything a tenant leaves behind and give notice to the tenant before selling the possessions which are left. To abandon children can mean to have no contact and give no support for a year or more.
See also: abandoned property abandonment
abandon
¦ verb
1. give up (an action or practice) completely.
2. desert or leave permanently.
3. (abandon oneself to) indulge in (a desire or impulse) without restraint.
[as adjective abandoned] unrestrained; uninhibited: a wild, abandoned dance.
¦ noun lack of inhibition or restraint.
Phrases
abandon ship leave a ship because it is sinking.
Derivatives
abandonment noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. abandoner, from a- (from L. ad 'to, at') + bandon 'control' (rel. to ban1).
abandon
(abandons, abandoning, abandoned)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
The road is strewn with abandoned vehicles.
VERB: V n, V-ed
2.
If you abandon an activity or piece of work, you stop doing it before it is finished.
The authorities have abandoned any attempt to distribute food...
= give up
? continue
VERB: V n
3.
If you abandon an idea or way of thinking, you stop having that idea or thinking in that way.
Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.
= give up
VERB: V n
4.
If you say that someone does something with abandon, you mean that they behave in a wild, uncontrolled way and do not think or care about how they should behave.
He has spent money with gay abandon...
N-UNCOUNT: usu with N [disapproval]
5.
see also abandoned
6.
If people abandon ship, they get off a ship because it is sinking.
PHRASE: v inflects
Wikipedia
Abandon
Abandon, abandoned, or abandonment may refer to:
Examples of use of abandon
1. "She‘s not going to abandon her principles and I‘m not going to abandon mine," he said.
2. She‘s not going to abandon her principles and I‘m not going to abandon mine.
3. As you do, have confidence that America does not abandon our friends, and we will not abandon you.
4. But he added: "She‘s not going to abandon her principles, and I‘m not going to abandon mine.
5. Pressurising foreign governments to abandon Iraq.