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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

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