“abandons” is a form of
abandon
/əˈbæn.dən/ verb, noun
Forms abandons abandoning abandoned abandonest abandonedst abandoneth
- verb (transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
- verb (transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.
- verb (transitive) To leave behind; to desert, as in a ship, a position, or a person, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility. “Many baby girls have been abandoned on the streets of Beijing.”
- verb (transitive, obsolete) To subdue; to take control of.
- verb (transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
- verb (transitive) To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish. “I hereby abandon my position as manager.”
- verb (transitive) To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.
- noun A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. (Now especially in the phrase with abandon.) “with gay abandon, with wild abandon, with reckless abandon”
- noun (obsolete) Abandonment; relinquishment.
Synonyms
abdicate abjure blin cast aside cease cede deliver up depart from desert desist from discontinue dispense with drop forgo forlet forsake forswear give up jilt leave behind wantonness unconstraint wildness vacate empty desolate
Antonyms
acquire adopt advocate arrogate cherish claim defend embrace engage gain hold join
Etymology
From Middle English abandounen, from Old French abandoner, formed from a (“at, to”) + bandon (“jurisdiction, control”), from Late Latin bannum (“proclamation”), bannus, bandum, from Frankish *ban, *bann, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to proclaim, command”) (whence English ban), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”). See also ban, banal.
Displaced Middle English forleten (“to abandon”), from Old English forlǣtan, anforlǣtan; see forlet; and Middle English forleven (“to leave behind, abandon”), from Old English forlǣfan; see forleave.
Compare typologically abdicate, Russian отказа́ться (otkazátʹsja) (akin to приказа́ть (prikazátʹ), сказа́ть (skazátʹ), указа́ть (ukazátʹ)).
From Middle English abandoun, from Old French abandon, from Old French abondonner.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Obs.]
- verb 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.
- noun Abandonment; relinquishment. [Obs.]
- noun A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.
Etymology [OF. abandoner, F.abandonner; a (L. ad)+bandon permission, authority, LL. bandum, bannum, public proclamation, interdiction, bannire to proclaim, summon: of Germanic origin; cf. Goth. bandwjan to show by signs, to designate OHG. banproclamation. The word meant to proclaim, put under a ban, put under control; hence, as in OE., to compel, subject, or to leave in the control of another, and hence, to give up. See Ban.]
Etymology [F. abandon. fr. abandonner. See Abandon, v.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “abandon”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details