Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. (Now especially in the phrase with abandon.)

    with gay abandon, with wild abandon, with reckless abandon

    Hingabe, Ungezwungenheit, Selbstvergessenheit

    несде́ржанностьnesdéržannostʹ, необу́зданностьneobúzdannostʹ, импульси́вностьimpulʹsívnostʹ

    нестри́маністьnestrýmanistʹ

  2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Abandonment; relinquishment.

More definitions
  • the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
  • a feeling of extreme emotional intensity

Examples

860 sentences
  1. They were abandoned by their mother.

    Їхня матір їх покинула. — uaspeaker

    ruИх мать их бросила. — Alexword

    deSie wurden von ihrer Mutter verlassen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I have abandoned the idea of buying a house.

    Я відмовився від ідеї купити будинок. — deniko

    ruЯ отказался от идеи купить дом. — sharptoothed

    deIch habe die Idee aufgegeben, mir ein Haus zu kaufen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. He abandoned the plan.

    Він відмовився від плану. — deniko

    ruОн отказался от плана. — odexed

    deEr gab den Plan auf. — Yorwba

  4. He abandoned the idea.

    Він відмовився від цієї ідеї. — deniko

    ruОн отказался от этой идеи. — Hellerick

    deEr gab die Idee auf. — a_coder

  5. He abandoned his family.

    Він кинув родину. — deniko

    ruОн бросил семью. — marafon

    deEr verließ seine Familie. — al_ex_an_der

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a giving up to natural impulses:
Русский
By meaning 1
a giving up to natural impulses:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a giving up to natural impulses:

Origin

From Middle English abandoun, from Old French abandon, from Old French abondonner.

From Middle English abandoun, from Old French abandon, from Old French abondonner.

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Forms

plural: abandons
Singularabandon
Pluralabandons

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry:wantonnessunconstraint
  • a feeling of extreme emotional intensity:wildness

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

10 patterns
  • abandoned his family
  • an an abandoned
  • an abandoned building
  • abandoned the idea
  • abandoned the plan
  • abandoned building
  • had to abandon
  • abandoned house
  • abandoned hope
  • to abandon that

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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