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Abandoned

verb
/əˈbæn.dn̩d/
Word Frequency: 19.1

Definitions

1.verbTo give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
2.verbTo desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.
3.verbTo leave behind; to desert as in a ship or a position, 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."
4.verbTo subdue; to take control of.
5.verbTo cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
6.verbTo no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish.
7.verbTo surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.
8.adjectiveHaving given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.
9.adjectiveNo longer maintained by its former owners, residents or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.
10.adjectiveFree from constraint; uninhibited.
11.adjectiveNo longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.

Synonyms

badcarelesscast asidecorruptdemoralizeddepraveddeserteddiscardeddissoluteforsakengracelesshardened

Antonyms

commendableconscientiouscorrectdeservingexcellentfrequentedgoodlaudablepenitentreclaimablerighteousself-controlled

Rhymes With

amanda andampersand andaranda andarmband andbackhand andband andbanda andbandstand and
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