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The Definition of - Abandon (verb)

verb (used with object)

to leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert:

to abandon one's farm; to abandon a child; to abandon a sinking ship.

to give up; discontinue; withdraw from:

to abandon a research project; to abandon hopes for a stage career.

to give up the control of:

to abandon a city to an enemy army.

to yield (oneself) without restraint or moderation; give (oneself) over to natural impulses, usually without self-control:

to abandon oneself to grief.

Law. to cast away, leave, or desert, as property or a child.

Insurance. to relinquish (insured property) to the underwriter in case of partial loss, thus enabling the insured to claim a total loss.

Obsolete. to banish.

Word Example of - Abandon

Example Sentences for abandon

If I were a man, I should like to abandon a false scent as soon as possible.'

So many have happened that the brigands must abandon it henceforth.

Unless we help them they must abandon their homes, their all.

The property will remain hers, while her husband must abandon his property when he comes to her.

Word Origin & History of - Abandon

Word Origin & History

abandon late 14c., "to subjugate, subdue," from O.Fr. abandoner "surrender," from à "at, to" + bandon "power, jurisdiction," in phrase mettre à bandon "to give up to a public ban," from L. bannum, "proclamation," from a Frankish word related to ban (v.). Etymologically, the word carries a sense of "put someone under someone else's control." Meaning "to give up absolutely" is from late 14c. Related: Abandoned; abandoning. The noun sense of "letting loose, surrender to natural impulses" (1822) is from Fr. abandon.