Definitions for abandon

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abandon a·ban·don

Spelling: [uh-ban-duh n]

IPA: /əˈbæn dən/

Abandon is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 88 anagrams from letters in abandon (aabdnno).

Definitions for abandon

noun

1. a complete surrender to natural impulses without restraint or moderation; freedom from inhibition or conventionality:

adverb

1. carelessly; recklessly.

verb (used with object)

1. to leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert:
2. to give up; discontinue; withdraw from:
3. to give up the control of:
4. to yield (oneself) without restraint or moderation; give (oneself) over to natural impulses, usually without self-control:
5. Law. to cast away, leave, or desert, as property or a child.
6. Insurance. to relinquish (insured property) to the underwriter in case of partial loss, thus enabling the insured to claim a total loss.
7. Obsolete. to banish.

Origin of abandon

1325-75; Middle English abando(u)nen Middle French abandoner for Old French (mettre) a bandon (put) under (someone's) jurisdiction, equivalent to a at, to (Latin ad; see ad

Examples for abandon

But doth not Horatio doat on me, and may he not in despair break his heart if I abandon him?

Will he go for the schoolteacher and abandon the family, leaving behind his smashing dinner suits?

The show started filming in Israel over the summer, but was forced to abandon the location as political tensions escalated.

Two years into an Arctic expedition, they were forced to abandon ship a thousand miles north of Siberia.

The men laid down their loads, and sprawled about in abandon.

It was about the 24th or 25th of January, that they resolved to abandon the ship.

abandon her not until you leave her in the habitations of civilized men.

After the captain made the call to abandon ship, 150 people were able to escape on lifeboats lowered by electronic arms.

No one, of course, was “repressing” Klaus or preventing him from “expressing his views,” something he does with abandon.

It seemed to her heart-breaking that Martin must be forced to abandon the only things for which he cared.