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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

Synonyms for abandoned

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