abandon
1. the trait of lacking restraint or control;
reckless freedom from inhibition or worry (Freq. 4)
- she danced with abandon
• Syn:
wantonness, unconstraint
• Derivationally related forms:
wanton (for: wantonness)
• Hypernyms:
unrestraint
2. a feeling of extreme emotional intensity
- the wildness of his anger
• Syn:
wildness
• Derivationally related forms:
wild (for: wildness)
• Hypernyms:
passion, passionateness
1. forsake, leave behind (Freq. 10)
- We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot
• Derivationally related forms:
abandonment
• Hypernyms:
discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away,
chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away,
cast away, put away
• Hyponyms:
chuck, ditch, dispense with, forfeit, give up,
throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego, consign
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. give up with the intent of never claiming again (Freq. 6)
- 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
• Syn:
give up
• Derivationally related forms:
abandonment
• Hyponyms:
foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. leave behind empty;
move out of (Freq. 6)
- You must vacate your office by tonight
• Syn:
vacate, empty
• Derivationally related forms:
vacant (for: vacate)
• Hypernyms:
leave, go forth, go away
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. stop maintaining or insisting on;
of ideas or claims (Freq. 5)
- He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage
- Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations
• Syn:
give up
• Derivationally related forms:
abandonment
• Verb Group:
collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way,
break, founder, move over, ease up, yield
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. leave someone who needs or counts on you;
leave in the lurch (Freq. 3)
- The mother deserted her children
• Syn:
forsake, desolate, desert
• Derivationally related forms:
desertion (for: desert), deserter (for: desert), desolation (for: desolate), forsaking (for: forsake), abandonment
• Hypernyms:
leave
• Hyponyms:
expose, walk out, ditch, maroon, strand
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
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