"He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some calims in these negociations" leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children" give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead" forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot
To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender
If people abandon ship, they get off a ship because it is sinking. if someone does something with abandon, they behave in a careless or uncontrolled way, without thinking or caring about what they are doing with reckless/wild abandon
If you abandon an idea or way of thinking, you stop having that idea or thinking in that way. Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea. = give up
disapproval If you say that someone does something with abandon, you mean that they behave in a wild, uncontrolled way and do not think or care about how they should behave. He has spent money with gay abandon see also abandoned
If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so. He claimed that his parents had abandoned him The road is strewn with abandoned vehicles
To relinquish all claim to; used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against
If you abandon an activity or piece of work, you stop doing it before it is finished. The authorities have abandoned any attempt to distribute food = give up continue