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abandon definition

aban·don (ə bandən)

transitive verb

  1. to give up (something) completely or forever to abandon all hope
  2. to leave, as in danger or out of necessity; forsake; desert
  3. to yield (oneself) completely, as to a feeling, desire, etc.

Etymology: ME abandonen < OFr abandoner < mettre a bandon, to put under (someone else's) ban, relinquish: see ban

noun

unrestrained freedom of action or emotion; surrender to one's impulses to shout in wild abandon

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