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Abandon v. t. : To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.

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.

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.

Abandon v. t. : 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.

Abandon v. : Abandonment; relinquishment.

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

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Defination from the web:
Abandon - Definition of Abandon at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Abandon. Word of the Day and Crossword Puzzles. ... Abandon, relinquish, renounce mean to give up all concern in something. ... 

synonyms
  (noun) wantonness
  (noun) unconstraint
  (noun) wildness
  (noun) passion
  (noun) passionateness
  (noun) unrestraint
  (verb) give up
  (verb) vacate
  (verb) empty
  (verb) forsake
  (verb) desolate
  (verb) desert
  (verb) cast aside
  (verb) cast away
  (verb) cast out
  (verb) chuck out
  (verb) discard
  (verb) dispose
  (verb) fling
  (verb) go away
  (verb) go forth
  (verb) leave
  (verb) put away
  (verb) throw away
  (verb) throw out
  (verb) toss
  (verb) toss away
  (verb) toss out


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