'abandon' definitions:
Definition of 'abandon'
(from WordNet)
noun
The trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon" [syn: abandon, wantonness, unconstraint]
noun
A feeling of extreme emotional intensity; "the wildness of his anger" [syn: wildness, abandon]
verb
Forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"
verb
Give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex- husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead" [syn: abandon, give up]
verb
Leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight" [syn: vacate, empty, abandon]
verb
Stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations" [syn: abandon, give up]
verb
Synonyms of 'abandon'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandonment,
- abjection,
- abjure,
- abort,
- abscond,
- acknowledge defeat,
- ardency,
- ardor,
- back out,
- beat a retreat,
- beg a truce,
- beg off,
- belay,
- boundlessness,
- bow out,
- break the habit,
- brush aside,
- brush off,
- cancel,
- capitulate,
- careless abandon,
- carelessness,
- cast,
- cast aside,
- cast away,
- cast off,
- casualness,
- cease,
- cede,
- chuck,
- come to terms,
- commitment,
- committedness,
- corruptedness,
- corruption,
- corruptness,
- craze,
- cry off,
- cry pax,
- cry quits,
- cursoriness,
- cut,
- cut it out,
- debasement,
- decadence,
- decadency,
- dedication,
- deep-six,
- degeneracy,
- degenerateness,
- degeneration,
- degradation,
- delirium,
- demoralization,
- depart from,
- depravation,
- depravedness,
- depravity,
- desert,
- desist,
- devotedness,
- devotion,
- devoutness,
- disappear,
- discard,
- discontinue,
- disgorge,
- dismiss,
- dispense with,
- dispose of,
- disregardfulness,
- dissoluteness,
- disuse,
- ditch,
- do without,
- drop,
- drop it,
- drop out,
- drop the subject,
- dump,
- earnestness,
- ease,
- easiness,
- ecstasy,
- egregiousness,
- eighty-six,
- eliminate,
- end,
- enormousness,
- evacuate,
- exaggeration,
- excess,
- excessiveness,
- exorbitance,
- exorbitancy,
- extravagance,
- extravagancy,
- extreme,
- extremes,
- extremism,
- extremity,
- exuberance,
- fabulousness,
- faith,
- faithfulness,
- fervency,
- fervidness,
- fervor,
- fidelity,
- fire,
- fire and fury,
- forget,
- forget about it,
- forget it,
- forgetfulness,
- forgo,
- forsake,
- forswear,
- freedom,
- frenzy,
- fun,
- furor,
- furore,
- fury,
- games,
- get along without,
- get quit of,
- get rid of,
- get shut of,
- giantism,
- gigantism,
- give away,
- give over,
- give up,
- gluttony,
- go back on,
- goldbrick,
- goof off,
- halt,
- hand over,
- hastiness,
- have done with,
- heartiness,
- heat,
- heatedness,
- heedlessness,
- hold,
- hyperbole,
- hypertrophy,
- hysteria,
- immoderacy,
- immoderateness,
- immoderation,
- impassionedness,
- implore mercy,
- impulsiveness,
- inconsiderateness,
- inconsideration,
- incontinence,
- indifference,
- indiscipline,
- inordinacy,
- inordinance,
- inordinateness,
- insouciance,
- intemperance,
- intemperateness,
- intensity,
- intentness,
- intoxication,
- irrepressibility,
- jettison,
- jilt,
- jump,
- junk,
- kick,
- kiss good-bye,
- knock it off,
- lack of foresight,
- laxity,
- laxness,
- lay aside,
- lay off,
- laziness,
- leave,
- leave behind,
- leave flat,
- leave loose ends,
- leave off,
- leave undone,
- let alone,
- let be,
- let dangle,
- let go,
- let it go,
- let slip,
- liberty,
- license,
- licentiousness,
- looseness,
- loyalty,
- madness,
- make a sacrifice,
- malinger,
- maroon,
- miss,
- monstrousness,
- moral pollution,
- moral turpitude,
- naturalness,
- nimiety,
- noncoercion,
- nonintimidation,
- oblivion,
- offhandedness,
- omit,
- orgasm,
- orgy,
- outrageousness,
- overdevelopment,
- overgreatness,
- overgrowth,
- overindulgence,
- overlargeness,
- overmuch,
- overmuchness,
- part with,
- pass over,
- pass up,
- passion,
- passionateness,
- perfunctoriness,
- permissiveness,
- play,
- pray for quarter,
- pretermit,
- procrastinate,
- profligacy,
- pull out,
- push aside,
- put aside,
- quit,
- quit cold,
- quitclaim,
- radicalism,
- rage,
- rapture,
- ravishment,
- recant,
- recklessness,
- refrain,
- regardlessness,
- reject,
- relinquish,
- remove,
- render up,
- renege,
- renounce,
- reprobacy,
- repudiate,
- resign,
- resolution,
- retire,
- retract,
- retreat,
- riotousness,
- rottenness,
- run out on,
- sacrifice,
- say goodbye to,
- say uncle,
- scrap,
- scrub,
- seriousness,
- set aside,
- shake,
- shirk,
- shrug off,
- sincerity,
- skip,
- slack,
- slough,
- sneeze at,
- spare,
- spirit,
- spontaneity,
- sport,
- sprezzatura,
- stand down,
- stay,
- stop,
- surrender,
- swear off,
- tactlessness,
- take leave of,
- take the pledge,
- tearing passion,
- terminate,
- think nothing of,
- thoughtlessness,
- throw away,
- throw off,
- throw out,
- throw over,
- throw overboard,
- throw up,
- thrust aside,
- too much,
- too-muchness,
- toss overboard,
- towering rage,
- transport,
- trifle,
- turn away from,
- turn up,
- turpitude,
- unconscionableness,
- unconstrained,
- unconstraint,
- uncontrol,
- undueness,
- unheedfulness,
- uninhibitedness,
- unmindfulness,
- unpreparedness,
- unreadiness,
- unreasonableness,
- unreserve,
- unrestrainedness,
- unrestraint,
- unruliness,
- unsolicitousness,
- unsolicitude,
- unstrictness,
- unthinkingness,
- vacate,
- vanish,
- vehemence,
- waive,
- wantonness,
- warmth,
- wildness,
- withdraw,
- yield,
- yield the palm,
- zeal