Synonyms for abandon
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : uh-ban-duhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈbæn dən |
Top 10 synonyms for abandon Other synonyms for the word abandon
- abdicate
- back out
- bail out
- bow out
- chicken out
- cop out
- cut loose
- disown
- disregard
- drop
- duck
- dust
- flake out
- fly the coop
- freedom
- give up the ship
- impulse
- jilt
- kiss goodbye
- leg it
- let go
- licentiousness
- opt out
- quit
- recklessness
- reject
- renounce
- run out on
- screw
- ship out
- spontaneity
- stop
- storm out
- surrender
- take a powder
- take a walk
- thoughtlessness
- throw over
- uninhibitedness
- unrestraint
- vacate
- walk out on
- wantonness
- wash hands of
- wildness
- withdraw
- yield
Définition of abandon
Origin :- late 14c., "to give up, surrender (oneself or something), give over utterly; to yield (oneself) utterly (to religion, fornication, etc.)," from Old French abandoner (12c.), from adverbial phrase à bandon "at will, at discretion," from à "at, to" (see ad-) + bandon "power, jurisdiction," from Latin bannum, "proclamation," from a Frankish word related to ban (v.).
- Mettre sa forest à bandon was a feudal law phrase in the 13th cent. = mettre sa forêt à permission, i.e. to open it freely to any one for pasture or to cut wood in; hence the later sense of giving up one's rights for a time, letting go, leaving, abandoning. [Auguste Brachet, "An Etymological Dictionary of the French Language," transl. G.W. Kitchin, Oxford, 1878]
- Etymologically, the word carries a sense of "put someone under someone else's control." Meaning "to give up absolutely" is from late 14c. Related: Abandoned; abandoning.
- noun careless disregard for consequences
- verb leave behind, relinquish
- verb leave in troubled state
- The men laid down their loads, and sprawled about in abandon.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- It seemed to her heart-breaking that Martin must be forced to abandon the only things for which he cared.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- Abandon her not until you leave her in the habitations of civilized men.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- But doth not Horatio doat on me, and may he not in despair break his heart if I abandon him?
- Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding
- It was about the 24th or 25th of January, that they resolved to abandon the ship.
- Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
- I have been compelled, sir, to abandon the party whom you call Slyme.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- "You had already determined to abandon him," observed Gomez Arias.
- Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
- And meanwhile, there was no reason why I should yet abandon it.
- Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens
- Why did Capt. Spike abandon you, Jack; you have never told me that.
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 » by Various
- Rose, though half convinced, would not abandon her position.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
Antonyms for abandon
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