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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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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wildness
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passion, passionateness
a strong feeling or emotion
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passion, passionateness
/əˈbændən/
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When sixteen-year-old Harrison Meredith finds out that his best friend Linus Munro is moving away, he plans a surprise day of adventures.
Lotus Bloom, a seventh-grade girl who loves the vintage style of the 1970s, learns to speak up and fight for the freedom of expression after facing a dress code violation at school.
Based on the classic novel The Great Gatsby, this work follows the story of Nicolás Caraveo, a seventeen-year-old transgender boy who moves to New York and meets his mysterious neighbor Jay Gatsby, another transgender boy with an extravagant and decadent lifestyle.
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