Abandon
Definition of abandon:
part of speech: verb
part of speech: verb
To give up: to desert: to yield ( one's self) without restraint.
part of speech: verb
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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Frank, I am so far selfish that I cannot bear to abandon the idea of your love.
"Ayala's Angel", Anthony Trollope. -
I had determined some years previously, after due consideration with my wife, to abandon the Post Office when I had put by an income equal to the pension to which I should be entitled if I remained in the department till I was sixty.
"Autobiography of Anthony Trollope", Anthony Trollope. -
Macgillivray, reluctant at first to abandon the cover of the trench, was driven at last to doing so by a fact forced upon him at every step that the place was a regular shell- trap.
"Between the Lines", Boyd Cable. -
If we are seen together I shall be lost; but I will not abandon you.
"Abbé Aubain and Mosaics", Prosper Mérimée.