English dictionary, thesaurus, translations & etymology
FreeDict.com

εγκατάλειψη — meaning in English

egataleipsi

Greek → English · translate English → Greek instead

English meaning

  • abandon verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
  • abandonment noun The act of leaving someone or something behind completely, or the state of having been left that way.

Senses

εγκατάλειψη is used for these senses in English:

  • abandon A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. [Early 19th century.] (Now especially in the phrase with abandon.)
  • abandonment The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. [Late 16th century.]

abandon — full definition

  1. verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
  2. verb To give up an activity, plan, or belief completely.
  3. noun Total freedom from restraint or inhibition, especially in the phrase "with abandon".

abandonment — full definition

  1. noun The act of leaving someone or something behind completely, or the state of having been left that way.
  2. noun In law, the formal giving up of a right, claim, or piece of property.

Related Greek words