Definitions
Stop maintaining, supporting, or insisting on something.
Word origin
From Middle English abandounen, from Old French abandoner, formed from a (“at, to”) + bandon (“jurisdiction, control”), from Late Latin bannum (“proclamation”), bannus, bandum, from Frankish *ban, *bann, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to proclaim, command”) (whence English ban), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”). See also ban, banal.
Used in a sentence
“[…] he abandoned himself […] to his favourite vice.”
“Many baby girls have been abandoned on the streets of Beijing.”
“He was abandoned on the island with no one to help him.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Leave behind”7 letters
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