Talk:abandon

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Latest comment: 4 years ago by Backinstadiums in topic reflexive verb: give in to emotion
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Wow... Extensive to say the least. But so extensive that it's hard actually trying to sift some information out of it. This article definetly needs some cleaning up and summarizing.

Karmosin 09:23, 23 January 2006 (UTC)Reply

this word is, in my oppinion, missplaced when placed in the obsolete section, abandon is not a obsolete word

RFV discussion: August–September 2018

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Rfv-sense: (obsolete, not comparable) Freely; entirely. Quotation from 1330. DTLHS (talk) 16:31, 25 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

It is Middle English only. OED's last cite is mid 15th cent. Should be moved to ME. -Sonofcawdrey (talk) 06:19, 5 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

RFV-failed. Converted to Middle English. Kiwima (talk) 02:14, 28 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

abandonment option

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in a contract, a clause relating to the possibility of abandoning a project and terminating the contract earlier than originally planned 
Microsoft® Encarta® 2009

--Backinstadiums (talk) 17:10, 26 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

reflexive verb: give in to emotion

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reflexive verb: to give yourself over to a powerful emotion
He abandoned himself to his grief.
Microsoft® Encarta® 2009

--Backinstadiums (talk) 17:49, 6 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

RFM discussion: March–April 2024

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See Talk:with gay abandon#RFM discussion: March–April 2024.