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Abandoned

/əˈbæn.dn̩d/

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

📖 Definitions of "Abandoned"

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.

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    No longer maintained by its former owners, residents or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.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