v. t. | 1. | To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject. |
2. | To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender. | |
3. | Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; - often in a bad sense. | |
4. | (Mar. Law) To relinquish all claim to; - used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against. | |
n. | 1. | Abandonment; relinquishment. |
1. | A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease. |
Noun | 1. | abandon - the trait of lacking restraint or control; freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon" Synonyms: unconstraint, wantonness |
2. | abandon - a feeling of extreme emotional intensity; "the wildness of his anger" Synonyms: wildness | |
Verb | 1. | abandon - forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot" |
2. | abandon - stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas, claims, etc.; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some calims in these negociations" Synonyms: give up | |
3. | abandon - give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead" Synonyms: give up | |
4. | abandon - leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight" | |
5. | abandon - leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children" |