abandon: Meaning and Definition of

a•ban•don

1. to leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert: to abandon one's farm; to abandon a child; to abandon a sinking ship.
2. to give up; discontinue; withdraw from: to abandon a research project; to abandon hopes for a stage career.
3. to give up the control of: to abandon a city to an enemy army.
4. to yield (oneself&hasp;) without restraint or moderation; give (oneself&hasp;) over to natural impulses, usually without self-control: to abandon oneself to grief.
5. to cast away, leave, or desert, as property or a child.
6. to relinquish (insured property) to the underwriter in case of partial loss, thus enabling the insured to claim a total loss.
7. to banish.

a•ban•don

1. a complete surrender to natural impulses without restraint or moderation; freedom from inhibition or conventionality: to dance with reckless abandon.