| VERB | possession | abandon | forsake, leave behind |
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| possession | abandon, give up | give up with the intent of never / never claiming again | |
| motion | abandon, vacate, empty | leave behind empty | |
| cognition | abandon, give up | stop maintaining or insisting on | |
| cognition | abandon, forsake, desolate, desert | leave someone who needs or counts on you | |
| NOUN | attribute | abandon, wantonness, unconstraint | the trait of lacking restraint or control |
| feeling | abandon, wildness | a feeling of extreme / extreme emotional intensity |
| Sounds | ahbae'ndahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry. | |
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| Example | "she danced with abandon" | |
| Synonyms | wantonness, unconstraint | |
| Broader | unrestraint | The quality of lacking restraint |
| Meaning | A feeling of extreme / extreme emotional intensity. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | wildness | |
| Broader | passion, passionateness | A strong feeling or emotion |
| Spanish | desenfado, desenfreno | |
| Meaning | forsake, leave behind. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot" | |
| Narrower | chuck, ditch | throw away |
| consign | commit forever | |
| dispense with | forgo or do or go without | |
| forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego | Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime | |
| Broader | discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away | throw or cast away |
| Spanish | abandonar | |
| Catalan | abandonar | |
| Nouns | abandonment | the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away |
| Meaning | Give up with the intent of never / never claiming again. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "Abandon your life to God" | |
| Synonym | give up | |
| Narrower | foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish | turn away from |
| Spanish | abandonar, rendirse | |
| Catalan | abandonar, rendir-se | |
| Nouns | abandonment | the act of giving something up |
| Meaning | leave behind empty; move out of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | vacate, empty | |
| Broader | leave, go forth, go away | go away from a place |
| Spanish | abandonar, desalojar, evacuar | |
| Catalan | abandonar, desallotjar, evacuar | |
| Meaning | stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage" | |
| Synonym | give up | |
| Narrower | sell out | Abandon one's principles for expedience or financial gain |
| Similar to | collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder | break down, literally or metaphorically |
| move over, give way, give, ease up, yield | Move in order to make room for someone for something | |
| Spanish | abandonar, renunciar | |
| Catalan | abandonar, renunciar | |
| Nouns | abandonment | the act of giving something up |
| Meaning | Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | forsake, desolate, desert | |
| Narrower | ditch | forsake |
| expose | abandon by leaving out in the open air | |
| maroon, strand | Leave stranded or isolated / isolated with little hope of rescue | |
| walk out | Leave suddenly, often as an expression of disapproval | |
| Broader | leave | Go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness |
| Spanish | abandonar, dejar, desamparar, desasistir, desertar | |
| Catalan | abandonar, deixar, desemparar, desertar | |
| Nouns | abandonment | withdrawing support / support / support or help despite allegiance or responsibility |
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