abandon
uh ban duhn
- n the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
she danced with abandon - n a feeling of extreme emotional intensity
- v forsake, leave behind
We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot - v give up with the intent of never claiming again
- v leave behind empty; move out of
- v stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage - v leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
- Michael Foale was a newcomer aboard the Space Station Mir last June when he got the order to prepare to abandon ship.
- He would go on to give us a few great things, and a few near great things, but eventually he would abandon himself, as every tabloid reader knows, to suet and sulks, self-loathing and self-parody.
- Long seen as a committed atheist, four years ago the best-selling author drove a stake through the hearts of her followers when she vowed to abandon her sinister stories and instead write only of the Lord.