abandoned

/əˈbæn.dn̩d/

verb

  1. 1

    To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.

  2. 2

    To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.

  3. 3

    To leave behind; to desert as in a ship or a position, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility.

    Many baby girls have been abandoned on the streets of Beijing.
  4. 4

    To subdue; to take control of.

  5. 5

    To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject.

  6. 6

    To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish.

  7. 7

    To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.

adjective

  1. 1

    Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.

  2. 2

    No longer maintained by its former owners, residents or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.

  3. 3

    Free from constraint; uninhibited.

  4. 4

    No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.

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