díbir — meaning in English

English meaning

• abandon verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
• exile noun The state of being forced to live away from your home country, often for political reasons.

Senses

díbir is used for these senses in English:

• abandon (transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.]
• exile (transitive) To send (someone or something) into exile.

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".

exile — full definition

1. noun The state of being forced to live away from your home country, often for political reasons.
2. noun A person living away from their home country because they have been forced out.
3. verb To force someone to leave their home country, usually as punishment.

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