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abandon

/ə'bændən/

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noun
a feeling of extreme emotional intensity
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wildness

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

type of:
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

type of:
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"

type of:
cast aside cast away cast out toss away put away toss out chuck out toss discard dispose throw out throw away fling

Examples of abandon

"He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"
"she danced with abandon"
"We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"