Abandon

Definitions

1. A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. (Now especially in the phrase with abandon.)
   countable, uncountable
2. Great enthusiasm or lack of restraint: skied with abandon.
3. Abandonment; relinquishment.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
4. a complete surrender to natural impulses without restraint or moderation; freedom from constraint: to dance with reckless abandon.
5. Lack of money led to the abandonment of this plan. opgee تَرْك оттегляне abandono opuštění, odstoupení die Aufgabe opgivelse εγκατάλειψηabandono hülgamine توقف hylkääminen abandonנטישה परित्याग napuštanje feladás batal fráhvarf, það að hætta við abbandono 放棄 포기 palikimas, atsisakymas pamešana; atsacīšanās penghentian het opgevenoppgivelse, det å gi opp porzucenie, rezygnacja دريدنه، پريښودنه abandono abandon, pără­sire оставление zrieknutie sa (čoho) opustitev napuštanje övergivande การละทิ้ง...
6. abandonar, dejar; desamparar.
7. To withdraw one's support or help from, especially in spite of duty, allegiance, or responsibility; desert: abandon a friend in trouble.
8. To give up by leaving or ceasing to operate or inhabit, especially as a result of danger or other impending threat: abandoned the ship.
9. To surrender one's claim to, right to, or interest in; give up entirely: abandon a belief. See Synonyms at relinquish.
10. To cease trying to continue; desist from: abandoned the search for the missing hiker.
11. To yield (oneself) completely, as to emotion.
12. to forsake completely; desert; leave behind: to abandon a baby; drivers had to abandon their cars.

Equivalents

Examples

“with gay abandon, with wild abandon”

“The Italian painters have⟳ an abandon in their chiar' oscuro which mellows up their flesh tints in a way that no other school can imitate : the frigidity of their outline is another remarkable feature, and the harmony of their impasto is unique.”

“I envy those chroniclers who assert with reckless but sincere abandon: 'I was there. I saw⟳ it happen⟳. It happened thus.'”

“They needed to have⟳ an abandon in their performance that you just can’t get⟳ out of people in the middle of the night when they’re barefoot.”

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