Definition of abandon

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of abandon is as below...

Abandon (n.) A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.

Lern More About Abandon

Abandoned :: Abandoned (a.) Self-abandoned, or given up to vice; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked ; as, an abandoned villain..
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon..
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..
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..
Let :: Let (v. t.) To leave; to relinquish; to abandon.
Abandoned :: Abandoned (a.) Forsaken, deserted..
Dissolute :: Dissolute (a.) Loosed from restraint; esp., loose in morals and conduct; recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures; profligate; wanton; lewd; debauched..
Desert :: Desert (v. t.) To leave (especially something which one should stay by and support); to leave in the lurch; to abandon; to forsake; -- implying blame, except sometimes when used of localities; as, to desert a friend, a principle, a cause, one's country..
Abandoning :: Abandoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abando.
Abandon :: Abandon (v. t.) Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad sense.
Waive :: Waive (v. t.) To desert; to abandon.
Profligate :: Profligate (n.) An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
Reprobate :: Reprobate (v. t.) To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.
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..
Reprobate :: Reprobate (a.) Abandoned to punishment; hence, morally abandoned and lost; given up to vice; depraved..
Forlorn :: Forlorn (v. t.) Deserted; abandoned; lost.
Profligateness :: Profligateness (n.) The quality of being profligate; an abandoned course of life; profligacy.
Nestling :: Nestling (n.) A young bird which has not abandoned the nest.
Abjure :: Abjure (v. t.) To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors..
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..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us