[
US
/əˈbændən/
]
[ UK /ɐbˈændən/ ]
[ UK /ɐbˈændən/ ]
VERB
-
give up with the intent of never claiming again
We gave the drowning victim up for dead
Abandon your life to God
She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti -
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
The mother deserted her children -
leave behind empty; move out of
You must vacate your office by tonight -
stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations
He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage -
forsake, leave behind
We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot
NOUN
-
a feeling of extreme emotional intensity
the wildness of his anger -
the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
she danced with abandon
How To Use abandon In A Sentence
- Upstairs were the bedrooms; mother-and-fathers room the largest; a smaller room for one or two sons, another for one or two daughters; each of these rooms containing a double bed, a washstand, a bureau, a wardrobe, a little table, a rocking-chair, and often a chair or two that had been slightly damaged downstairs, but not enough to justify either the expense of repair or decisive abandonment in the attic. Chapter 1
- One could argue that such a missile defence system would bring about the abandonment of ballistic missiles as strategic weapons.
- The affair isn't the thing that makes me believe he needs to be removed from office – it's the monumental lack of judgment he displayed in abandoning his states and his duties as governor. Sanford should stay, two top South Carolina papers say
- Even the Magdalene herself, eyes turned in horror from the abandoned grave to the radiant glory of the seraphim, had the faint touch of that naiveté in her eyes.
- He added: ‘As far as I know nobody was injured at the incident, although the football match was abandoned.’
- The goal of shifting freight from road to rail has been quietly abandoned.
- THERE have been many reports about the numbers of stray and abandoned animals in rescue centres. The Sun
- Any tartness and capers seemed to have abandoned this dish for a more elegant life, leaving a creamy, flavourless gloop on the plate.
- They also have abandoned past pledges and now threaten first use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states.
- But the president claims he abandoned this effort when told that it would require a presidential decree.