abandon
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
abandon (abandons, present participle abandoning; past and past participle abandoned)
- (transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
- (transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
- (transitive) 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. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
- Many baby girls have been abandoned on the streets of Beijing.
- (transitive, obsolete) To subdue; to take control of. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 16th century.]
- (transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.]
- (transitive) To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
- (transitive) To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.
Conjugation of abandon
| infinitive | (to) abandon | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | abandon | abandoned | |
| 2nd-person singular | * abandon, abandonest* | abandoned, abandonedst#English|abandonedst* | |
| 3rd-person singular | abandons, abandoneth* | abandoned#English|abandoned | |
| plural | abandon | ||
| subjunctive | abandon | ||
| imperative | abandon | — | |
| participle> participles | abandoning | abandoned | |
| * Archaic or obsolete. | |||
- French: abandonner
- German: aufgeben, verlassen
- Italian: abbandonare
- Portuguese: abandonar, desistir, largar mão
- Russian: отка́зываться
- Spanish: renunciar, suspender
- French: abandonner
- German: aufgeben, zurücklassen, aussetzen
- Italian: abbandonare
- Portuguese: abandonar
- Russian: оставля́ть
- Spanish: abandonar
abandon
- A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. [Early 19th century.]
- (obsolete) abandonment; relinquishment.
- (giving up to impulses) wantonness, unrestraint, libertinism, abandonment, profligacy, unconstraint
- German: Hingabe, Ungezwungenheit, Selbstvergessenheit
- Italian: abbandono
- Portuguese: abandono
- Spanish: desenfreno
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