Definitions:

1. Allow oneself to indulge in a desire or impulse. verb
   • They abandoned themselves to despair.
2. Cease to support or look after someone. noun
   • Her natural mother abandoned her at an early age.
3. Complete lack of inhibition or restraint. verb
   • She sings and sways with total abandon.
4. Give up completely a course of action, a practice, or a way of thinking. noun
   • He had clearly abandoned all pretense of trying to succeed.
5. Leave a place or vehicle empty or inhabited without intending to return. verb
   • Derelict houses were abandoned.
   • You should abandon the building.
6. to give up with the intent of never claiming again verb
   • I abandoned the project due to disagreements with the client.

Synonyms:

• desolate
• empty
• give up
• wantonness
• wildness

NearBy Words:

• abandoned
• abandonment