ABANDON
\ɐbˈandən], \ɐbˈandən], \ɐ_b_ˈa_n_d_ə_n]\
Definitions of ABANDON
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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the trait of lacking restraint or control; freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon"
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a feeling of extreme emotional intensity; "the wildness of his anger"
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stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas, claims, etc.; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some calims in these negociations"
By Princeton University
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the trait of lacking restraint or control; freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon"
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a feeling of extreme emotional intensity; "the wildness of his anger"
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stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas, claims, etc.; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give in these negociations"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
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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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Abandonment; relinquishment.
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A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.
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Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; - often in a bad sense.
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To relinquish all claim to; - used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against.
By Oddity Software
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To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
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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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Abandonment; relinquishment.
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A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.
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Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; - often in a bad sense.
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To relinquish all claim to; - used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against.
By Noah Webster.
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To give up entirely; as, the sailors were forced to abandon the sinking ship; to desert or forsake; to give up all claim to.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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