ABANDON
Dictionary entry overview: What does abandon mean?
• ABANDON (noun)
The noun ABANDON has 2 senses:
1. the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
2. a feeling of extreme emotional intensity
Familiarity information: ABANDON used as a noun is rare.
• ABANDON (verb)
The verb ABANDON has 5 senses:
1. forsake, leave behind
2. stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
3. give up with the intent of never claiming again
4. leave behind empty; move out of
5. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
Familiarity information: ABANDON used as a verb is common.
Dictionary entry details
• ABANDON (noun)
Meaning:
The trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
abandon; unconstraint; wantonness
Context example:
she danced with abandon
Hypernyms ("abandon" is a kind of...):
unrestraint (the quality of lacking restraint)
Meaning:
A feeling of extreme emotional intensity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
wildness; abandon
Context example:
the wildness of his anger
Hypernyms ("abandon" is a kind of...):
passion; passionateness (strong feeling or emotion)
• ABANDON (verb)
Meaning:
Forsake, leave behind
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot
Hypernyms (to "abandon" is one way to...):
cast aside; cast away; cast out; chuck out; discard; dispose; fling; put away; throw away; throw out; toss; toss away; toss out (throw or cast away)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "abandon"):
chuck; ditch (throw away)
dispense with (forgo; do or go without)
forfeit; forgo; give up; throw overboard; waive (lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime)
consign (commit forever; commit irrevocably)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
abandon; give up
Context examples:
He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage / Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Give up with the intent of never claiming again
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
give up; abandon
Context examples:
Abandon your life to God / She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti / We gave the drowning victim up for dead
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "abandon"):
foreswear; quit; relinquish; renounce (turn away from; give up)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Leave behind empty; move out of
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
vacate; empty; abandon
Context example:
You must vacate your office by tonight
Hypernyms (to "abandon" is one way to...):
go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
forsake; desolate; desert; abandon
Context example:
The mother deserted her children
Hypernyms (to "abandon" is one way to...):
leave (go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "abandon"):
expose (abandon by leaving out in the open air)
walk out (leave suddenly, often as an expression of disapproval)
ditch (forsake)
maroon; strand (leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
