abandonment

Variant of abandon

abandon definition

aban·don (ə ban′dən)

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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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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