verb To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
verb To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.
verb To leave behind; to desert, as in a ship, a position, or a person, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility.
Many baby girls have been abandoned on the streets of Beijing.
verb To subdue; to take control of.
verb To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
verb To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish.
I hereby abandon my position as manager.
verb To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.
noun A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences.
with gay abandon, with wild abandon, with reckless abandon