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abandon

noun · verb · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /əˈbæn.dən/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales: /əˈban.dən/
  • New-Zealand: /əˈbɛn.dən/
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 B AE1 N D AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. (Now especially in the phrase with abandon.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • with gay abandon, with wild abandon, with reckless abandon

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wantonness, unrestraint, libertinism, abandonment, profligacy, unconstraint

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Abandonment; relinquishment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Many baby girls have been abandoned on the streets of Beijing.
  • He was abandoned on the island with no one to help him.
  • She abandoned her husband for a new man.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To subdue; to take control of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I hereby abandon my position as manager.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she danced with abandon

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wantonness, unconstraint

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: unrestraint

11

noun

Meaning 11

a feeling of extreme emotional intensity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the wildness of his anger

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wildness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: passion, passionateness

12

verb

Meaning 12

stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage
  • Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: give up

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The mother deserted her children

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: forsake, desolate, desert

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: leave

Narrower terms: expose, walk out, ditch, maroon, strand

14

verb

Meaning 14

leave behind empty; move out of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • You must vacate your office by tonight

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vacate, empty

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: leave, go forth, go away

15

verb

Meaning 15

give up with the intent of never claiming again

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Abandon your life to God
  • She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti
  • We gave the drowning victim up for dead

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: give up

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish

16

verb

Meaning 16

forsake, leave behind

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away

Narrower terms: chuck, ditch, dispense with, forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego, consign

History

Etymology

From Middle English abandoun, from Old French abandon, from Old French abondonner.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Germanic *bannanąder. Frankish *bannder. Old French ban Proto-Indo-European *déh3nom Proto-Italic *dōnom Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *dōnāō? Latin donāre Old French doner Old French a ban doner Old French abandonerder. Middle English abandounen English abandon 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. Displaced Middle English forleten (“to abandon”), from Old English forlǣtan, anforlǣtan; see forlet; and Middle English forleven (“to leave behind, abandon”), from Old English forlǣfan; see forleave. Compare typologically abdicate, Russian отказа́ться (otkazátʹsja) (akin to приказа́ть (prikazátʹ), сказа́ть (skazátʹ), указа́ть (ukazátʹ)).

Across languages

Translations

396 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: необузда́ност (neobuzdánost) — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Bulgarian: безразсъ́дство (bezrazsǎ́dstvo) — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Bulgarian: своево́лие (svoevólie) — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Bulgarian: во́лност (vólnost) — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Danish: løssluppenhed — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Dutch: ongedwongenheid — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Dutch: graagte — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Esperanto: senĝeneco — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Esperanto: senbrideco — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Finnish: huolettomuus — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Finnish: riehakkuus — a giving up to natural impulses
  • German: Hingabe — a giving up to natural impulses
  • German: Ungezwungenheit — a giving up to natural impulses
  • German: Selbstvergessenheit — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Greek: εγκατάλειψη (egkatáleipsi) — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Hungarian: önfeledtség — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Italian: abbandono — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Japanese: 奔放自在 (honpōjizai) — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Japanese: 自由奔放 (jiyūhonpō) — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Manx: lhiggey lesh — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Norwegian Bokmål: løssluppenhet — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Norwegian Bokmål: overgivenhet — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Persian: بیقیدی — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Persian: بیخیالی — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Portuguese: abandono — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Russian: несде́ржанность (nesdéržannostʹ) — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Russian: необу́зданность (neobúzdannostʹ) — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Russian: импульси́вность (impulʹsívnostʹ) — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Russian: бесшаба́шность (besšabášnostʹ) — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Spanish: desenfreno — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Swedish: frigjordhet — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Swedish: nonchalans — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Swedish: otvungenhet — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Swedish: hämningslöshet — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Ukrainian: нестри́маність (nestrýmanistʹ) — a giving up to natural impulses
  • Amharic: ታዘዘ (tazäzä) — to subdue; to take control of
  • Finnish: alistaa — to subdue; to take control of
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dominere — to subdue; to take control of
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ta over — to subdue; to take control of
  • Norwegian Bokmål: overta — to subdue; to take control of
  • Norwegian Bokmål: undertrykke — to subdue; to take control of
  • Telugu: విడిచిపెట్టు (viḍicipeṭṭu) — to subdue; to take control of
  • Oromo: ganuu — to give up control of, surrender
  • Oromo: guutummaatti dhiisuu — to give up control of, surrender
  • Afar: soolisiyya — to give up control of, surrender
  • Amharic: ተወ (täwä) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Arabic: اِنْصَرَفَ (inṣarafa) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Arabic: يَنْصَرِفُ (yanṣarifu) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Arabic: يسلم (yesalem) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Arabic: يستسلم (yestaslem) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Arabic: يتخلى عن (yetḵalā ʕan) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Azerbaijani: tərk etmək — to give up control of, surrender
  • Azerbaijani: əl çəkmək — to give up control of, surrender
  • Azerbaijani: buraxmaq — to give up control of, surrender
  • Belarusian: пакіда́ць (pakidácʹ) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Belarusian: пакі́нуць (pakínucʹ) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Bengali: ছেড়ে দেওয়া (cheṛe deōẇa) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Bengali: ক্ষান্তি দেওয়া (khanti deōẇa) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Burmese: ပစ် (pac) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Burmese: စွန့် (cwan.) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Catalan: abandonar — to give up control of, surrender
  • Catalan: deixar — to give up control of, surrender
  • Cherokee: ᏓᏓᏲᏍᎦ (dadayosga) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Chinese: 放捒 (zh-min-nan) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Chinese: khì-choa̍t — to give up control of, surrender
  • Chinese Mandarin: 放棄 /放弃 (fàngqì) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Czech: vzdávat se — to give up control of, surrender
  • Czech: vzdát se — to give up control of, surrender
  • Dalmatian: abandonur — to give up control of, surrender
  • Danish: opgive — to give up control of, surrender
  • Dutch: opgeven — to give up control of, surrender
  • Dutch: prijsgeven — to give up control of, surrender
  • Esperanto: forlasi — to give up control of, surrender
  • Fijian: biu-ta — to give up control of, surrender
  • Finnish: hylätä — to give up control of, surrender
  • Finnish: luovuttaa — to give up control of, surrender
  • Finnish: antautua — to give up control of, surrender
  • French: abandonner — to give up control of, surrender
  • Gallurese: randumà — to give up control of, surrender
  • German: aufgeben — to give up control of, surrender
  • German: verlassen — to give up control of, surrender
  • Greek: εγκαταλείπω (egkataleípo) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Greek: παρατώ (parató) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Haitian Creole: abandone — to give up control of, surrender
  • Hebrew: נטש (natash) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Hebrew: זנח (zanakh) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Hebrew: עזב (azav) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Hindi: छोड़ देना (choṛ denā) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Hindi: त्यागना (tyāgnā) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Hindi: छोड़ना (choṛnā) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Hungarian: felad — to give up control of, surrender
  • Hungarian: átenged — to give up control of, surrender
  • Icelandic: hætta (við) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Ido: abandonar — to give up control of, surrender
  • Ingrian: hylätä — to give up control of, surrender
  • Interlingua: abandonar — to give up control of, surrender
  • Irish: tabhair suas — to give up control of, surrender
  • Italian: abbandonare — to give up control of, surrender
  • Japanese: 放棄する (hōki suru) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Japanese: 断念する (dan'nen suru) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Japanese: 手放す (tebanasu) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Japanese: 諦める (akirameru) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Kabuverdianu: bandona — to give up control of, surrender
  • Kabuverdianu: bandoná — to give up control of, surrender
  • Kabuverdianu: bandonâ — to give up control of, surrender
  • Kazakh: қалдыру (qaldyru) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Kazakh: тастау (tastau) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Korean: 단념(斷念)하다 (dannyeomhada) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Korean: 염단(念斷)하다 (yeomdanhada) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Korean: 절념(絶念)하다 (jeollyeomhada) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Korean: 체관(諦觀)하다 (chegwanhada) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Northern Kurdish: dest jê ber dan — to give up control of, surrender
  • Northern Kurdish: dev jê berdan — to give up control of, surrender
  • Lao: ປະຖິ້ມ (pa thim) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Lao: ເຊົາ (sao) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Latin: relinquō — to give up control of, surrender
  • Manchu: ᡶᠠᡵᡧᠠᠮᠪᡳ (faršambi) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Manchu: ᠸᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠮᠪᡳ (waliyambi) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Marathi: त्यागणे (tyāgṇe) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Marathi: सोडून देणे (soḍūn deṇe) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Middle English: abandounen — to give up control of, surrender
  • Nahuatl: itopanecauiloc — to give up control of, surrender
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oppgi — to give up control of, surrender
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skrinlegge — to give up control of, surrender
  • Occitan: abandonar — to give up control of, surrender
  • Old English: ofġiefan — to give up control of, surrender
  • Persian: دست کشیدن (dast kašidan) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Persian: رها کردن (rahâ kardan) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Polish: porzucać — to give up control of, surrender
  • Polish: porzucić — to give up control of, surrender
  • Portuguese: abandonar — to give up control of, surrender
  • Portuguese: desistir — to give up control of, surrender
  • Portuguese: largar mão — to give up control of, surrender
  • Romanian: abandona — to give up control of, surrender
  • Romanian: părăsi — to give up control of, surrender
  • Russian: отка́зываться — to give up control of, surrender
  • Russian: оставля́ть (ostavljátʹ) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Russian: броса́ть (brosátʹ) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Russian: покида́ть (pokidátʹ) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Campidanese Sardinian: disamparai — to give up control of, surrender
  • Sardinian: disamparare — to give up control of, surrender
  • Sassarese: abbandunà — to give up control of, surrender
  • Scottish Gaelic: thoir suas — to give up control of, surrender
  • Shan: ၸုၼ်ႉ (tsṵ̂n) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Slovak: vzdávať sa — to give up control of, surrender
  • Slovak: vzdať sa — to give up control of, surrender
  • Slovene: opustiti — to give up control of, surrender
  • Spanish: renunciar — to give up control of, surrender
  • Spanish: suspender — to give up control of, surrender
  • Swedish: avstå från — to give up control of, surrender
  • Swedish: frångå — to give up control of, surrender
  • Swedish: ge upp — to give up control of, surrender
  • Tajik: партофтан (partoftan) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Tamil: கைவிடு (kaiviṭu) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Telugu: వదులుకొను (vadulukonu) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Thai: ทิ้ง (tíng) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Thai: ละทิ้ง (lá tíng) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Tocharian B: ār- — to give up control of, surrender
  • Tocharian B: ārsk- — to give up control of, surrender
  • Tok Pisin: lusim — to give up control of, surrender
  • Turkish: bırakmak — to give up control of, surrender
  • Ottoman Turkish: براقمق (bırakmak) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Turkmen: taşlamak — to give up control of, surrender
  • Turkmen: goýbermek — to give up control of, surrender
  • Turkmen: goýmak — to give up control of, surrender
  • Ukrainian: покида́ти (pokydáty) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Ukrainian: поки́нути (pokýnuty) — to give up control of, surrender
  • Vietnamese: bỏ — to give up control of, surrender
  • Vietnamese: từ bỏ — to give up control of, surrender
  • Welsh: gadael — to give up control of, surrender
  • Woiwurrung: waltan'i — to give up control of, surrender
  • Amharic: ተወ (täwä) — to desist in doing, practicing or practising, following, holding, or adhering to
  • Amharic: አቋረጠ (ʾäqwarät'ä) — to desist in doing, practicing or practising, following, holding, or adhering to
  • Czech: nechat — to desist in doing, practicing or practising, following, holding, or adhering to
  • Esperanto: kabei de — to desist in doing, practicing or practising, following, holding, or adhering to
  • Esperanto: apostati — to desist in doing, practicing or practising, following, holding, or adhering to
  • Finnish: luovuttaa — to desist in doing, practicing or practising, following, holding, or adhering to
  • Hungarian: felhagy — to desist in doing, practicing or practising, following, holding, or adhering to
  • Ingrian: hylätä — to desist in doing, practicing or practising, following, holding, or adhering to
  • Kabuverdianu: bandona — to desist in doing, practicing or practising, following, holding, or adhering to
  • Kabuverdianu: bandoná — to desist in doing, practicing or practising, following, holding, or adhering to
  • Kabuverdianu: bandonâ — to desist in doing, practicing or practising, following, holding, or adhering to
  • Latin: dēsistō — to desist in doing, practicing or practising, following, holding, or adhering to
  • Latin: dēsinō — to desist in doing, practicing or practising, following, holding, or adhering to
  • Norwegian Bokmål: avstå — to desist in doing, practicing or practising, following, holding, or adhering to
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vende seg mot — to desist in doing, practicing or practising, following, holding, or adhering to
  • Tamil: கைவிடு (kaiviṭu) — to desist in doing, practicing or practising, following, holding, or adhering to
  • Ottoman Turkish: براقمق (bırakmak) — to desist in doing, practicing or practising, following, holding, or adhering to
  • Albanian: braktis — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Amharic: ተወ (täwä) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Amharic: يهجر (yuhgurr) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Amharic: يسيب (yesīb) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Arabic: تَرَكَ (taraka) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Arabic: يترك — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Armenian: լքել (lkʻel) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Aromanian: pãrnãsescu — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Azerbaijani: tərk etmək — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Azerbaijani: atmaq — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Bengali: পরিত্যাগ করা (porittag kora) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Bengali: ছেড়ে চলে যাওয়া (cheṛe cole jaōẇa) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Bulgarian: напу́скам (napúskam) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Bulgarian: изоставям (izostavjam) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Catalan: abandonar — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Cherokee: ᏗᏲᎯᏗ (diyohidi) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遺棄 /遗弃 (yíqì) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Czech: opustit — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Czech: opouštět — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Danish: forlade — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Danish: efterlade — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Dutch: achterlaten — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Dutch: in de steek laten — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Dutch: verzaken — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Dutch: verlaten — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Dutch: begeven — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Esperanto: forlasi — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Esperanto: postlasi — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Estonian: hülgama — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Finnish: jättää heitteille — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Finnish: hylätä — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • French: abandonner — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • German: aufgeben — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • German: zurücklassen — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • German: aussetzen — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 (bileiþan) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Greek: εγκαταλείπω (egkataleípo) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Greek: παρατώ (parató) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Greek: αφήνω (afíno) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Ancient Greek: καταλείπω (kataleípō) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Haitian Creole: abandone — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Haitian Creole: vire do bay — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Haitian Creole: kite — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Haitian Creole: dezète — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Hebrew: נָטַשׁ (natash) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Hindi: छोड़ देना (choṛ denā) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Hindi: परित्यागना (parityāgnā) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Hindi: त्याग देना (tyāg denā) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Hungarian: elhagy — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Hungarian: otthagy — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Icelandic: yfirgefa — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Indonesian: mengabaikan — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Ingrian: hylätä — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Interlingua: abandonar — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Interlingua: deserer — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Irish: tréig — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Irish: fág — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Old Irish: do·beir druimm fri — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Italian: abbandonare — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Japanese: 放置する (hōchi suru) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Japanese: 見捨てる (misuteru) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Kabuverdianu: bandona — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Kabuverdianu: bandoná — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Kabuverdianu: bandonâ — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Khmer: ឈ្លាក (cliek) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Khmer: បោះបង់ចោល (bɑh bɑŋ caol) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Khmer: ចោល (caol) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Korean: 방치(放置)하다 (bangchihada) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Korean: 기치(棄置)하다 (gichihada) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Korean: 버리다 (beorida) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Korean: 떠나다 (tteonada) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Latin: relinquō — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Latin: dēserō — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Latvian: atstāt — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Lithuanian: apleisti — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Macedonian: напушти (napušti) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Manx: treig — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Manx: faag — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Manx: cur seose — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Māori: whakamahue — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Marathi: त्यागणे (tyāgṇe) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Marathi: सोडून देणे (soḍūn deṇe) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Marathi: परित्याग करणे (parityāg karṇe) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Middle English: schonen — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Mongolian: орхих (orxix) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Nahuatl: itopanecauiloc — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forlate — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Occitan: abandonar — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Ojibwe: nagadan — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Pennsylvania German: verlosse — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Persian: به حال خود رها کردن (be hâl xud rahâ kardan) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Persian: ترک کردن (tarak kardan) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Polish: opuszczać — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Polish: opuścić — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Portuguese: abandonar — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Romanian: părăsi — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Romanian: abandona — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Russian: оставля́ть (ostavljátʹ) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Russian: оста́вить (ostávitʹ) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Russian: покида́ть (pokidátʹ) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Russian: поки́нуть (pokínutʹ) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Russian: броса́ть (brosátʹ) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Russian: бро́сить (brósitʹ) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Sanskrit: त्यजति (tyajati) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Scottish Gaelic: dìobair — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Scottish Gaelic: trèig — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Scottish Gaelic: fàg — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Serbo-Croatian: napustiti — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Sikkimese: ཀོས (kos) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Slovak: opúšťať — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Slovak: opustiť — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Slovene: zapustiti — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Spanish: abandonar — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Swedish: gå ifrån — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Swedish: lämna — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Swedish: överge — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Tagalog: pabayaan — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Tagalog: iwanan — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Tamil: கைவிடு (kaiviṭu) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Thai: ทิ้ง (tíng) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Tocharian B: ār- — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Tocharian B: ārsk- — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Tok Pisin: lusim — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Turkish: terk etmek — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Turkish: koyup gitmek — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Ottoman Turkish: براقمق (bırakmak) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Ukrainian: залишати (zalyšaty) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Vietnamese: bộm — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Vietnamese: từ bỏ — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Vietnamese: bỏ rơi — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Vietnamese: ruồng bỏ — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Welsh: gadael — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Yiddish: אַװעקװאַרפֿן (avekvarfn) — to leave behind or desert; to forsake
  • Amharic: አስወጣ (ʾäsəwät'a) — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Amharic: አባረረ (ʾäqwarät'ä) — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Bulgarian: пропъ́ждам (propǎ́ždam) — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Bulgarian: пропъ́дя (propǎ́dja) — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Bulgarian: отхвъ́рлям (othvǎ́rljam) — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Bulgarian: отхвъ́рля (othvǎ́rlja) — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Catalan: abandonar — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Cherokee: ᏗᏲᎯᏗ (diyohidi) — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Chinese Mandarin: 丟棄 /丢弃 (diūqì) — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Danish: forvise — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Danish: udstøde — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Dutch: verwerpen — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Dutch: afwijzen — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Dutch: verbannen — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Esperanto: elpeli — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Finnish: ajaa pois — to cast out, expel, reject
  • German: verbannen — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Greek: απαρνούμαι (aparnoúmai) — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Greek: αποκηρύσσω (apokirýsso) — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Irish: caith amach — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Irish: díbir — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Italian: bandire — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Japanese: 見捨てる (misuteru) — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Japanese: 捨てる (suteru) — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Korean: 버리다 (beorida) — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Nahuatl: itopanecauiloc — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forvise — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Polish: wyganiać — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Polish: wygonić — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Portuguese: expulsar — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Samoan: tu'ulāfoa'i — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Spanish: expulsar — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Swedish: förvisa — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Tamil: வெளியேற்று (veḷiyēṟṟu) — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Telugu: వదిలివేయు (vadilivēyu) — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Telugu: వదిలివెళ్ళు (vadiliveḷḷu) — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Tok Pisin: lusim — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Turkish: kovmak — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Vietnamese: xua đuổi — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Welsh: gadael — to cast out, expel, reject
  • Amharic: አስረከበ (ʾäsəräkäbä) — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Bulgarian: отказвам се от (otkazvam se ot) — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Dutch: afzien — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Dutch: afstand doen — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Dutch: terugnemen — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Esperanto: cedi — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Esperanto: rezigni — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Fijian: biu-ta — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Finnish: luopua — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Finnish: luovuttaa — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Hindi: परित्यागना (parityāgnā) — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Hindi: त्याग देना (tyāg denā) — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Interlingua: renunciar — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Interlingua: relinquer — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Irish: tabhair suas — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Irish: lig ó — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Japanese: 明け渡す (akewatasu) — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Japanese: 放棄する (hōki suru) — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Korean: 포기(抛棄)하다 (pogihada) — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Marathi: परित्याग करणे (parityāg karṇe) — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Norwegian Bokmål: abandonere — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Norwegian Bokmål: avskrive — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Polish: wyrzekać się — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Polish: wyrzec się — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Portuguese: renunciar — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Romanian: lepăda — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Romanian: renunța — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Scottish Gaelic: thoir thairis — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Spanish: renunciar — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Swedish: överlämna — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Tamil: விலகு (vilaku) — to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property
  • Amharic: አስረከበ (ʾäsəräkäbä) — to surrender to the insurer
  • Esperanto: cedi — to surrender to the insurer
  • Finnish: luovuttaa — to surrender to the insurer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: abandonere — to surrender to the insurer
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