DICTOMETER

ABANDON

1. Synonyms:
   • Abandon
   • Wantonness
   • Unconstraint
   Definitions:
   • the trait of lacking restraint or control
   • reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
   Examples:
   • She danced with abandon
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Wildness
   • Abandon
   Definitions:
   • a feeling of extreme emotional intensity
   Examples:
   • The wildness of his anger
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Abandon
   Definitions:
   • forsake, leave behind
   Examples:
   • We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Abandon
   • Give up
   Definitions:
   • give up with the intent of never claiming again
   Examples:
   • 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
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Vacate
   • Empty
   • Abandon
   Definitions:
   • leave behind empty
   • move out of
   Examples:
   • You must vacate your office by tonight
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Abandon
   • Give up
   Definitions:
   • stop maintaining or insisting on
   • of ideas or claims
   Examples:
   • He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage
   • Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Abandon
   • Forsake
   • Desolate
   • Desert
   Definitions:
   • leave someone who needs or counts on you
   • leave in the lurch
   Examples:
   • The mother deserted her children