a|ban´don|er

a|ban´don|er
a|ban|don 1 «uh BAN duhn», transitive verb.
1. to give up entirely: »

She abandoned her hope of being a nurse.

SYNONYM(S): relinquish, renounce, drop, discard.
2. to desert, forsake, or leave without intending to return: »

A good mother would not abandon her baby. Abandon ship!

 SYNONYM(S): quit. See syn. under desert 2. (Cf. ↑desert)
3. to give (oneself) up completely (to a feeling or impulse); surrender: »

The lost child abandoned himself to despair.

4. Obsolete. to banish.
╂[< Old French abandoner put in (one's) jurisdiction < a bandon in the power of]
–a|ban´don|er, noun.
–a|ban´don|ment, noun.
a|ban|don 2 «uh BAN duhn», noun.
a yielding to natural impulses; freedom from self-control or restraint: »

to dance with youthful abandon. The students on the winning side cheered with abandon.

╂[< French abandon]

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