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abandonnoun carefree freedom from constraintadded spices to the stew with complete abandon abandonment, ease, lightheartedness, naturalness, spontaneity, spontaneousness, unconstraint, uninhibitedness, unrestraint ardor, enthusiasm, exuberance, fervor, spirit, warmth, zeal, zealotry, zealousnesscarelessness, heedlessness, impulsiveness, impulsivity, indiscretion, insouciance, recklessness, thoughtlessnessunself-consciousnesscasualness, offhandednessexcess, excessiveness, immoderacy, incontinence, indulgence, intemperance, licentiousness, permissiveness, wantonness, wildnessblank check, carte blanche, free hand constraint, restraint embarrassment, reserve, reticence, self-consciousness, uneasinessinhibition, repression, self-restraint, suppressioncarefulness, discreetness, discretion, heedfulnessdiscipline, self-command, self-control, self-denial, self-discipline, self-mastery, willpower abandonverbto give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedlymore than ready to abandon himself to a life of complete idleness for the duration of his vacation deliver, give up, indulge, surrender, yield overdo, overindulgebask, luxuriate, revel, roll, wallow deny abstain (from), eschew, forbear, forgo(also forego), refrain (from)check, inhibit, restrain to cause to remain behindabandoned the group that he had been hiking with and struck out on his own desert, forsake, leave, maroon, quit, strand discard, ditch, dump, fling, jettison, junk, scrap, shed, shuck (off), throw away, throw outdeliver, give up, hand over, relinquish, surrender, yieldescape, retreat (from), take off (from), vacate, withdraw (from)abjure, cut off, disown, reject, renounce, repudiate, separate (from)sacrificedistancedisregard, forget, ignore, neglect walk away from, walk out on reclaim harbor, have, hold, keep, own, possess, reserve, retain, withholdredeem, rescue, save to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)the bad weather forced NASA to abandon the launch abort, call, call off, cancel, cry off, drop, recall, repeal, rescind, revoke, scrap, scrub abrogate, annul, invalidate, nullify, void, write offrecant, retract, take back, withdrawcountermand, reverse, roll backbreak off, discontinue, end, halt, stop, terminatehold back, interrupt, suspendgive up, relinquish, surrender continue, keep engage, pledge, promisebegin, commence, initiate, starttake on, take up, undertake to stop doing (something) permanentlymarriage customs that were abandoned decades ago discontinue, drop, give up, knock off, lay off (of), pack (up or in), quit break off, break up, cease, close, conclude, end, expire, finish, halt, leave off, shut offpause, taper offthrow upround (off or out), terminate, wind up, wrap up hang it up, have done (with) carry on, continue, keep, keep up, maintain go, run onhang in, hang on, hold on, persevere, persistfollow through (with)renew, reopen, restart, resumepreserve, staybegin, commence, start v.abandon, desert, forsake mean to leave without intending to return.abandon suggests that the thing or person left may be helpless without protection.abandoned children desert implies that the object left may be weakened but not destroyed by one's absence.a deserted town forsake suggests an action more likely to bring impoverishment or bereavement to that which is forsaken than its exposure to physical dangers.a forsaken lover Cf. relinquish. in the 14th century |