abandonment Definition

abandon
verb abandoned, abandoning

1. To give something up completely.

Example: abandon hope
Thesaurus: relinquish, discontinue, give up, quit, cease, let go, cast off, cast away, cast aside, discard, renounce, withdraw from.
2. To leave (a person), usually intending not to return.

Thesaurus: leave, desert, forsake, back out on, leave behind, break up with, disown, ostracize, leave in the lurch, leave in the cold, drop, dump.
3. To leave (a place of danger or difficulty, etc), intending either not to return at all or not until the danger or difficulty is past.
4. To give something up to another person's control.

noun

1. Uncontrolled or uninhibited behaviour.

Derivative: abandonment
noun

Idiom: abandon ship

Said of the crew and passengers: to leave a ship at sea when it is in danger of sinking.

Etymology: 14c: from French abandoner to put under someone's control.

Phrasal Verb: abandon oneself to something

To let oneself be overcome by (strong emotion, passion, etc).