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1.VerbTo give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
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, a position, or a person, 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.; He was abandoned on the island with no one to help him.; She abandoned her husband for a new man."
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."I hereby abandon my position as manager."
7.VerbTo surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.
8.NounA yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences."with gay abandon, with wild abandon"
9.NounAbandonment; relinquishment.