Definitions for abandon
əˈbæn dənaban·don

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. abandon, wantonness, unconstraint(noun)

   the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry

   "she danced with abandon"

2. wildness, abandon(verb)

   a feeling of extreme emotional intensity

   "the wildness of his anger"

3. abandon(verb)

   forsake, leave behind

   "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"

4. abandon, give up(verb)

   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"

5. vacate, empty, abandon(verb)

   leave behind empty; move out of

   "You must vacate your office by tonight"

6. abandon, give up(verb)

   stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims

   "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations"

7. abandon, forsake, desolate, desert(verb)

   leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

   "The mother deserted her children"

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Abandon(verb)

   to cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject

   Etymology: [F. See Abandon.]

2. Abandon(verb)

   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

   Etymology: [F. See Abandon.]

3. Abandon(verb)

   reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad sense

   Etymology: [F. See Abandon.]

4. Abandon(verb)

   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

   Etymology: [F. See Abandon.]

5. Abandon

   abandonment; relinquishment

   Etymology: [F. See Abandon.]

6. Abandon(noun)

   a complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease

   Etymology: [F. See Abandon.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Abandon

   Abandon is the sixteenth studio album by Deep Purple released in the Spring of 1998. It was Deep Purple's second album with Steve Morse on guitar and the last one with founding member Jon Lord. The album was followed by a successful 1998/1999 world tour which brought Deep Purple to Australia for the first time in 15 years. In 1999 a live album and DVD Total Abandon: Australia '99 recorded in Melbourne on 20 April 1999 was released. The album title is actually a pun from Ian Gillan – "A Band On" – and the album was followed by the "A Band On Tour". Uniquely for a Deep Purple studio album, it features a reworking of a previously recorded song -"Bloodsucker" from Deep Purple in Rock. "Don't Make Me Happy" was mistakenly mastered in mono, and not amended on the final release. One of the two versions of the song released on single was, however, mastered in stereo.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Abandon

   a-ban′dun, v.t. to give up: to desert: to yield (one's self) without restraint (with to).—v.t. Aband′ (Spens.), to abandon.—n. Aban′don (n to be nasalised), freedom from conventional restraints: careless freedom of manners.—adj. Aban′doned, given up, as to a vice: profligate: completely deserted: very wicked.—adv. Aban′donedly.—n. Aban′donment, act of abandoning: state of being given up: enthusiastic surrender of self to a cause: (law) the renunciation of a claim. [O. Fr. bandon, from the Teut. root ban, proclamation, came to mean decree, authorisation, permission; hence à bandon—at will or discretion, abandonner, to give up to the will or disposal of some one. See Ban, Banns.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. abandon

   In a military sense, used in the relinquishment of a military post, district, or station, or the breaking up of a military establishment. To abandon any fort, post, guard, arms, ammunition, or colors without good cause is punishable.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ABANDON

   to leave a place, thing, or person, usually for ever: We had to abandon the car. By the time the rebel troops arrived, the village had already been abandoned. As a baby he was abandoned by his mother. We were sinking fast, and the captain gave the order to abandon ship.

   Submitted by rinat on January 11, 2021  

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1. abandon

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British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'abandon' in Verbs Frequency: #440

How to pronounce abandon?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

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   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of abandon in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of abandon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of abandon in a Sentence

1. Dante Alighieri:

   All hope abandon, ye who enter here!

2. Dante Alighieri:

   Through me you pass into the city of woeThrough me you pass into eternal painThrough me among the people lost for aye.Justice the founder of my fabric movedTo rear me was the task of power divine,Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.Before me things create were none, save thingsEternal, and eternal I shall endure.All hope abandon, ye who enter here.

3. Martin Whetton:

   The onus is falling, perhaps inevitably on the actions of governments to abandon budget surpluses and reinvigorate the demand side of the economy.

4. Sheila McClelland:

   In a state of panic, people could abandon or kill their pets, other people could stigmatize people who have dogs. Dog owners could face unreasonable problems when simply walking their pets outdoors, or neighbors could create trouble for no reason.

5. Apple Inc:

   [W]hile we may disagree with certain decisions at times, we do not believe it would be in the best interests of our users to simply abandon markets, which would leave consumers with fewer choices and fewer privacy protections.

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