Definition of abandon

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Abandon (v. t.) To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender..

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Relinquish :: Relinquish (v. t.) To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit..
Desert :: Desert (v. i.) To abandon a service without leave; to quit military service without permission, before the expiration of one's term; to abscond..
Abandoning :: Abandoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abando.
Leave :: Leave (v.) To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish..
Carcass :: Carcass (n.) The abandoned and decaying remains of some bulky and once comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or unfinished frame, of a thing..
Abandonment :: Abandonment (n.) The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband, or child; desertion..
Let :: Let (v. t.) To leave; to relinquish; to abandon.
Abandonee :: Abandonee (n.) One to whom anything is legally abandoned.
Abandonment :: Abandonment (n.) The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment..
Waste :: Waste (v.) Old or abandoned workings, whether left as vacant space or filled with refuse..
Reprobate :: Reprobate (v. t.) To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.
Forlet :: Forlet (v. t.) To give up; to leave; to abandon.
Dereliction :: Dereliction (n.) The state of being left or abandoned.
Deserter :: Deserter (n.) One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or any one to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a seaman who abandons the service without leave; one guilty of desertion..
Desertion :: Desertion (n.) The act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty; the quitting of one's duties willfully and without right; esp., an absconding from military or naval service..
Apostasy :: Apostasy (n.) An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party; esp., the renunciation of a religious faith; as, Julian's apostasy from Christianity..
Backslide :: Backslide (v. i.) To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.
Revolt :: Revolt (n.) To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence..
Defection :: Defection (n.) Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding..
Abandonment :: Abandonment (n.) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege, as to mill site, etc..
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