—v.tr.
1 give up completely or before completion (abandoned hope; abandoned the game).
2 a forsake or desert (a person or a post of responsibility). b leave or desert (a motor vehicle or ship).
3 a give up to another's control or mercy. b refl. yield oneself completely to a passion or impulse.
—n. lack of inhibition or restraint; reckless freedom of manner.
Derivatives:
abandoner n. abandonment n.
Etymology: ME f. OF abandoner f. agrave bandon under control ult. f. LL bannus, -um BAN
Useful english dictionary. 2012.