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abandon
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??bæn.d?n/
- Hyphenation: aban?don
Etymology 1
- 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 *bannan? (“to proclaim, command”) (compare English ban), from Proto-Indo-European *b?eh?- (“to speak”). See also ban, banal.
- Displaced Middle English forleten (“to abandon”), from Old English forl?tan, anforl?tan; see forlet; and Middle English forleven (“to leave behind, abandon”), from Old English forl?fan; see forleave.
Verb
abandon (third-person singular simple present abandons, present participle abandoning, simple past and past participle abandoned)
- (transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
- (transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
- (transitive) To leave behind; to desert, as in a ship, a position, or a person, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
- (transitive, obsolete) To subdue; to take control of. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 16th century.]
- (transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.]
- (transitive) To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
- (transitive) To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.
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Etymology 2
- From French, from Old French abandon, from Old French abondonner.
Noun
abandon (countable and uncountable, plural abandons)
- A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. [Early 19th century.]
- (obsolete) abandonment; relinquishment.
Synonyms
- (giving up to impulses): wantonness, unrestraint, libertinism, abandonment, profligacy, unconstraint
Translations
References
French
Etymology
From Old French (mettre) a bandon ("to deliver, place at someone's disposition", literally "to place in someone's power"). Gamillscheg suggests a derivation from a ban donner, but the Trésor de la langue française considers this unlikely, as the phrase is not attested.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.b??.d??/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
abandon m (plural abandons)
- surrender
- abandonment
- (uncountable) complete neglect
Derived terms
- abandon scolaire
- à l'abandon
- tour d'abandon
Descendants
- Norwegian Bokmål: abandon
Further reading
- “abandon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Friulian
Etymology
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Noun
abandon m (plural abandons)
- abandonment
References
- ARLEF
- Dizionari Furlan Talian
Middle English
Alternative forms
- abandoun, abaundun
Etymology
From Old French abandon.
Adverb
abandon
- (not comparable) Freely; entirely.
References
- “aband?un, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French abandon (“surrender, abandonment”), from Old French mettre a bandon (“to deliver, place at someone's disposition”), last part from Frankish *ban, *bann, from Proto-Germanic *bannan? (“to proclaim, command, summon, ban”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?eh?- (“to speak, say”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aba??d??/, /aban?d??/
- Rhymes: -??
- Hyphenation: a?ban?don
Noun
abandon m (definite singular abandonen, indefinite plural abandoner, definite plural abandonene)
- (law) the right to, under certain circumstances, waive ownership of an insured ship or cargo to the insurer and claim compensation for total loss
- (obsolete) indifference
Derived terms
References
- “abandon” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French abandon.
Noun
abandon n (plural abandonuri)
- abandonment
- renouncement
Declension
Related terms
- abandona
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dallying
English
Verb
dallying
- present participle of dally
Noun
dallying (plural dallyings)
- dalliance
- 1902, J. M. Barrie, s:The Little White Bird
- Nevertheless, you must know (if I am to speak honestly to you) that I do not repent me those dallyings in enchanted fields.
- 1902, J. M. Barrie, s:The Little White Bird
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- ladyling
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