Results for abandon
Definitions of abandon:
part of speech: verb transitive
To give up: to desert: to yield ( one's self) without restraint.
part of speech: verb
To give up; to desert; to forsake entirely.
part of speech: verb transitive
To give up entirely; as, the sailors were forced to abandon the sinking ship; to desert or forsake; to give up all claim to.
Usage examples for abandon:
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His health failing him, he was compelled to abandon what might have become a really brilliant career as a journalist.
"Anderson Crow, Detective", George Barr McCutcheon -
The edge seemed to be missing from his occasional moods of abandon sometimes he looked thoughtfully at a man without hearing what the man was saying to him.
"Dan Merrithew", Lawrence Perry -
This was one of the things that provoked Mrs. Kenton with him; when he had once taken hope he would not abandon it without reason.
"Entire PG Edition of The Works of William Dean Howells", William Dean Howells -
The stock had recently been added to; it was very hard to have to abandon it.
"By Veldt and Kopje", William Charles Scully