abandon
Other forms: abandoned; abandoning; abandons
To abandon something is to give it up completely. If you’re in a cabin and a forest fire approaches, you’d better get in your car and abandon your cabin, or else be prepared to abandon your life.
If you abandon something, you let it go, so when you describe someone as "acting with abandon," it means they have let go of restrictions or inhibitions. Maybe you like to dance with abandon in the privacy of your own room. But abandon could also mean people have abandoned their senses. To "drive with abandon," for example, means to drive recklessly.
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forsake; leave behind“We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot”
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chuck, ditch
throw away
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dispense with
forgo or do or go without
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forego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waive
lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
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consign
commit forever; commit irrevocably
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lapse
let slip
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give up with the intent of never claiming again
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leave behind empty; move out of
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leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
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expose
abandon by leaving out in the open air
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walk out
leave suddenly, often as an expression of disapproval
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ditch
forsake
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maroon, strand
leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
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leave
go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness
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stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
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the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry“she danced with abandon”
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synonyms:
abandonment, unconstraint, wantonness
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type of:
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unrestraint
the quality of lacking restraint
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unrestraint
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a feeling of extreme emotional intensity
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synonyms:
wildness
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passion, passionateness
a strong feeling or emotion
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passion, passionateness
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Vocabulary lists containing abandon
As part of the Millennium Lecture series at the White House, Elie Wiesel defined indifference (etext found here) to an audience he knew had the power to recognize and prevent its dangers. Here are links to our lists for other texts by the Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate: Hope, Despair and Memory, Night
An hour filled with intense and opposite emotions can be too much for a heart to bear. Take care as you read this list based on the short story by Kate Chopin. Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 12 Unit 2's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Pygmalion and the Statue, Pygmalion, Talkin' 'bout a Revolution, Cinderella, the Legend, Why Women Always Take Advantage of Men, The Giving Tree, A Rose for Emily, The Story of an Hour, The Chaser