abandon /ə-banˈdən/

1. To give up
2. To desert
3. To leave a place, not intending to return
4. To give (oneself) without restraint
5. To give up all claims to
6. To banish (Shakespeare)

1. The condition of letting oneself go
2. Careless freedom of action

abandˈ transitive verb (Spenser)

To abandon

abanˈdoned adjective

1. Completely deserted
2. Given up, as to a vice
3. Profligate, dissolute
4. Very wicked

abanˈdonedly adverb

abandoneeˈ noun (law)

An insurer to whom a wreck has been abandoned

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