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abandon

/ə'bændən/

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noun
a feeling of extreme emotional intensity
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wildness

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passion passionateness
verb
leave behind empty; move out of
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empty vacate

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leave go away go forth
verb
stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
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"He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"

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give up
verb
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
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desert desolate forsake

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leave
noun
the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
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"she danced with abandon"

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unconstraint wantonness

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unrestraint
verb
give up with the intent of never claiming again
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give up
verb
forsake, leave behind
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"We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"

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cast aside cast away cast out toss away put away toss out chuck out toss discard dispose throw out throw away fling

Definition that contains abandon

check abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey
despair abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart
expose abandon by leaving out in the open air
exposure abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open)
reprobate abandon to eternal damnation
apostatize abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
apostatise abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
tergiversate abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
sell out abandon one's principles for expedience or financial gain