abandon

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Related terms 1.2.1.4 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.3.2 Shorthand 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Derived terms 3 Romanian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun

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• (UK) IPA: /əˈbændən/
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[edit] Etymology 1

From Old French abandoner, formed from à + bandon (“‘jurisdiction, control’”), from Mediaeval Latin bannum (“‘proclamation’”), from Frankish *ban, from Proto-Germanic *bannan (“‘proclaim, command’”) ( > English ban), from Proto-Indo-European *bha- (“‘to speak’”).

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to abandon (third-person singular simple present abandons, present participle abandoning, simple past and past participle abandoned)

1. (transitive) To give up control of, to surrender.
   • Hope was overthrown, yet could not be abandoned. — I. Taylor
2. (transitive) To leave behind, to desert.

   Many baby girls have been abandoned on the streets of Beijing everyday.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
   • 1594: Being all this time abandoned from your bed. — Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, I-ii
4. (transitive) To relinquish a claim to property to underwriters.

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• abandonment
• abandonware

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From French abandon, from abondonner.

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abandon (plural abandons)

1. A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.
   • 1954: I envy those chroniclers who assert with reckless but sincere abandon: 'I was there. I saw it happen. It happened thus.' - w:Gore Vidal, Messiah
   • 2007 I am Legend (film) Akiva Goldsman, Mark Protosevich

     I am 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.

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• Gregg Versions Centennial, Series 90, DJS, Simplified: a - b - a - n - dn

Versions Anniversary, Pre-Anniversary: a - b - a - nd

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abandon m. (plural abandons)

1. surrender
2. abandonment
3. (uncountable) complete neglect

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• abandon scolaire
• à l'abandon

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French abandon.

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abandon n.

1. abandonment
2. renouncement