ALL meanings of abandon
a·ban·don
A a - verb abandon 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. 3
- verb abandon If you abandon an activity or piece of work, you stop doing it before it is finished. 3
- verb abandon If you abandon an idea or way of thinking, you stop having that idea or thinking in that way. 3
- verb abandon If you abandon yourself to an emotion, you think about it a lot and feel it strongly, especially when other people might think you are wrong to do so. 3
- uncountable noun abandon 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. 3
- verb abandon to forsake completely; desert; leave behind 3
- verb abandon to give up completely 3
- verb abandon to yield control of or concern in; relinquish 3
- verb abandon to give up (something begun) before completion 3
- verb abandon to surrender (oneself) to emotion without restraint 3
- verb abandon to give (insured property that has suffered partial loss or damage) to the insurers in order that a claim for a total loss may be made 3
- noun abandon freedom from inhibitions, restraint, concern, or worry 3
- verb transitive abandon to give up (something) completely or forever 3
- verb transitive abandon to leave, as in danger or out of necessity; forsake; desert 3
- verb transitive abandon to yield (oneself) completely, as to a feeling, desire, etc. 3
- noun abandon unrestrained freedom of action or emotion; surrender to one's impulses 3
- verb abandon If you abandon insured property that has suffered partial loss or damage, you give it to the insurers so that a claim for a total loss may be made. 3
- verb with object abandon to leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert: to abandon one's farm; to abandon a child; to abandon a sinking ship. 1
- verb with object abandon to give up; discontinue; withdraw from: to abandon a research project; to abandon hopes for a stage career. 1
- verb with object abandon to give up the control of: to abandon a city to an enemy army. 1
- verb with object abandon to yield (oneself) without restraint or moderation; give (oneself) over to natural impulses, usually without self-control: to abandon oneself to grief. 1
- verb with object abandon Law. to cast away, leave, or desert, as property or a child. 1
- verb with object abandon Insurance. to relinquish (insured property) to the underwriter in case of partial loss, thus enabling the insured to claim a total loss. 1
- verb with object abandon Obsolete. to banish. 1
- noun abandon a complete surrender to natural impulses without restraint or moderation; freedom from inhibition or conventionality: to dance with reckless abandon. 1
- adverb abandon carelessly; recklessly. 1
- noun abandon Complete lack of inhibition or restraint. 1
- transitive verb abandon person, pet: leave forever 1
- transitive verb abandon object: leave 1
- transitive verb abandon place: leave, neglect 1
- transitive verb abandon stop doing, working on sth 1
- noun abandon lack of moderation 1
- intransitive verb abandon give up control of 1
- noun abandon A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. 0
- noun abandon (Obsolete (No longer in use)) abandonment; relinquishment. 0
- verb abandon (Transitive Verb) OBS To subdue; to take control of. 0
- verb abandon (Transitive Verb) To give up control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. 0
- verb abandon (Transitive Verb) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. 0
- verb abandon (Transitive Verb) 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. 0
- verb abandon (Transitive Verb) OBS To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. 0
- verb abandon (Transitive Verb) To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish. 0
- verb abandon (Transitive Verb) To surrender to the insurer the insured item, so as to claim a total loss. 0
- adverb abandon (Obsolete (No longer in use)) (not comparable) Freely; entirely. 0