abandon
IPA: ʌbˈændʌn
noun
- A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences.
- (obsolete) abandonment; relinquishment.
verb
- (transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
- (transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.
- (transitive) To leave behind; to desert, as in a ship, a position, or a person, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility.
- (transitive, obsolete) To subdue; to take control of.
- (transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
- (transitive) To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish.
- (transitive) To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.
Examples of "abandon" in Sentences
- The island was abandoned.
- The folks abandoned the area.
- The monks abandoned the monastery.
- The farm is abandoned and desolate.
- Arsonists burned the abandoned structure.
- The abandonment of the city remains a mystery.
- Ship was abandoned and the salvage was impracticable.
- The dereliction and abandonment of the fort continued.
- The construction of the second prototype was abandoned.
- The coast guard abandoned the island a few years later, leaving the reindeers safe.
- The one point they will never abandon is there will be no unlimited right of return.
- This killer instinct that our neo had that caused her to fight to the death with abandon is what scared the hell out of us.
- First, pursue a dirt cheap Soyuz type system; second, abandon manned spaceflight and rely on buying seats on launchers of other countries; or just plain abandon manned spaceflight.
- Today's employment report reminds us that spending, taxing, and borrowing with reckless abandon is no way to create more jobs, yet that is exactly what Democrats in charge of Washington have done all year long,
- I have many in my own extended family who would be said to have long abandoned the practice of their Faith, though sadly what they often abandon is not the Faith in its integrity, but the caricature that was passed on to them.
- "Today's employment report reminds us that spending, taxing, and borrowing with reckless abandon is no way to create more jobs, yet that is exactly what Democrats in charge of Washington have done all year long," House Minority Leader John Boehner said in a statement.
- A merged Microsoft/Yahoo with the commitment to do search right that MS has started to demonstrate and that Google has started to abandon is going to eat their lunch in the same way that MS did it to Lotus, Novell, WordPerfect, etc … better products, better marketing, and more focus on the long term.
- I would like to know what Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner have been smoking or drinking to make a statement like this "Today's employment report reminds us that spending, taxing, and borrowing with reckless abandon is exactly what Democrats in charge of Washington have done all year long," For eight years the Republican spending, taxing, and borrowing with reckless abandon took a surplus into massive deficit themselfs.