abandon

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Old French abandoner, formed from a + bandon (“jurisdiction, control”), from Medieval Latin bannum (“proclamation”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *ban, from Proto-Germanic *bannanan (“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) and Middle English forleven (“to leave behind, abandon”) (from Old English forlǣfan).

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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.
    • (Can we date this quote?) I. Taylor:
      Hope was overthrown, yet could not be abandoned.
  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, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, act I, scene ii:
      Being all this time abandoned from your bed.
  4. (transitive) To relinquish a claim to property to underwriters.
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synonyms of "abandon"
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to give up
to leave behind or desert
to cast out
to relinquish a claim to property
forsake
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[edit] Etymology 2

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, 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.
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a giving up to natural impulses
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[edit] Adverb

abandon (comparative more abandon, superlative most abandon)

  1. (obsolete, not comparable) Freely; entirely.
    • 1330, Arthour and Merlin:
      His ribbes and scholder fel adoun,/Men might se the liver abandoun.

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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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French abandon.

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abandon n.

  1. abandonment
  2. renouncement
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