abandon
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
- From Middle English abandounen, from Old French abandoner, formed from a (“at, to”) + bandon (“jurisdiction, control”),[1] from Late Latin bannum (“proclamation”), bannus,[2] bandum, from Frankish *ban, *bann, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to proclaim, command”) (compare English ban), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-, *bʰa- (“to speak”).
- Displaced Middle English forleten ("to abandon"; from Old English forlǣtan, anforlǣtan; see forlet) and Middle English forleven ("to leave behind, abandon"; from Old English forlǣfan; see forleave).
Verb [edit]
abandon (third-person singular simple present abandons, present participle abandoning, simple past and past participle abandoned)
- (transitive, obsolete) To subdue; to take control of. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 16th century.][1]
- (transitive) To give up control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)][1]
- (transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)][1]
- (transitive) To leave behind; to desert as in a ship or a position, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility. [First attested in the late 15th century.][1]
- (Can we date this quote?) I. Taylor:
- Hope was overthrown, yet could not be abandoned.
- Many baby girls have been abandoned on the streets of Beijing every day.
- (Can we date this quote?) I. Taylor:
- (transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.][1]
- 1594, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, act I, scene ii:
- Being all this time abandoned from your bed.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, act I, scene ii:
- (transitive) To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
- (transitive) To surrender to the insurer the insured item, so as to claim a total loss.
Synonyms [edit]
synonyms of "abandon"
Derived terms [edit]
terms derived from "abandon"
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Translations [edit]
to give up
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to leave behind or desert
to cast out
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to relinquish a claim to property
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forsake
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Etymology 2 [edit]
- From French, from Old French abandon, from abondonner.
Noun [edit]
abandon (plural abandons)
- A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. [Early 19th century.][1][3]
- 1954, Gore Vidal, Messiah:
- I envy those chroniclers who assert with reckless but sincere abandon: 'I was there. I saw it happen. It happened thus.'
- 2007, Akiva Goldsman and Mark Protosevich, I am Legend:
- 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.
- 1954, Gore Vidal, Messiah:
- (obsolete) abandonment; relinquishment.
Synonyms [edit]
- (giving up to impulses): wantonness, unrestraint, libertinism, abandonment, profligacy, unconstraint
Translations [edit]
a giving up to natural impulses
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Adverb [edit]
abandon (comparative more abandon, superlative most abandon)
- (obsolete, not comparable) Freely; entirely.
- 1330, Arthour and Merlin:
- His ribbes and scholder fel adoun,/Men might se the liver abandoun.
- 1330, Arthour and Merlin:
Shorthand [edit]
- Gregg Versions Centennial, Series 90, DJS, Simplified: a - b - a - n - dn
- Versions Anniversary, Pre-Anniversary: a - b - a - nd
References [edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 2:
- ^ 2007 [2002], Lindberg, Christine A. editor, The Oxford College Dictionary, edition 2nd, New York, NY: Spark Publishing., ISBN 978-1-4114-0500-4, page 1:
- ^ 2004 [1998], Elliott K. Dobbie; Dunmore, C. William, et al., Barnhart, Robert K. editor, Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Edinburgh, Scotland: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, ISBN 0550142304, page 2:.
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
abandon m (plural abandons)
- surrender
- abandonment
- (uncountable) complete neglect
Derived terms [edit]
Romanian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
French abandon.
Noun [edit]
abandon n
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