abandon
verb
[ əˈband(ə)n ]
• cease to support or look after (someone); desert.
• "her natural mother had abandoned her at an early age"
Similar:
desert,
leave,
leave high and dry,
turn one's back on,
cast aside,
break (up) with,
jilt,
strand,
leave stranded,
leave in the lurch,
throw over,
run/walk out on,
dump,
ditch,
give someone the push,
give someone the big E,
bin off,
forsake,
Opposite:
stick by,
• give up completely (a practice or a course of action).
• "he had clearly abandoned all pretence of trying to succeed"
Similar:
renounce,
relinquish,
dispense with,
forswear,
disclaim,
disown,
disavow,
discard,
wash one's hands of,
give up,
drop,
do away with,
jettison,
ditch,
scrap,
scrub,
axe,
junk,
stop,
cease,
forgo,
desist from,
have done with,
abjure,
abstain from,
discontinue,
break off,
refrain from,
set/lay aside,
cut out,
kick,
jack in,
pack in,
quit,
• allow oneself to indulge in (a desire or impulse).
• "they abandoned themselves to despair"
Similar:
indulge in,
give way to,
give oneself up to,
yield to,
lose oneself to/in,
Opposite:
control oneself,
abandon
noun
• complete lack of inhibition or restraint.
• "she sings and sways with total abandon"
Similar:
uninhibitedness,
recklessness,
lack of restraint,
lack of inhibition,
unruliness,
wildness,
impulsiveness,
impetuosity,
immoderation,
wantonness,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French abandoner, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + bandon ‘control’ (related to ban1). The original sense was ‘bring under control’, later ‘give in to the control of, surrender to’ (abandon (sense 3 of the verb)).
