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Antonyms for abandoned

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uh-ban-duhnd

Phonetic Transcription : əˈbæn dənd

Definition of abandoned

Origin : "self-devoted" to some purpose (usually evil), late 14c., past participle adjective from abandon (v.).

adj left alone, deserted
adj free from moral restraint; uninhibited

Example sentences :

Why should she care for the decrees of a God who had abandoned her!
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

At length the horses and the greater part of the escort had to be abandoned.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

Almost always these abandoned children are the offspring of vice.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

You are right, I have abandoned worldly ambitions—most of them.
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

Heyward abandoned every hope, with the belief it was the signal that they were discovered.
Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

The wife the Huron chief had abandoned, when he was chased from among his people, was dead.
Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

Uncas abandoned his rifle, and leaped forward with headlong precipitation.
Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

A vile habit this, but one that it is to be feared will never be abandoned.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 12, June 18, 1870 » by Various

The doctors, who failed to agree respecting her case, had abandoned her.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

He had come to Eden on a speculation of this kind, but had abandoned it, and was about to leave.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

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