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abbandonare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abandon verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
  • discontinue verb To stop making, selling, or continuing something.
  • elope verb To run away secretly with a partner in order to get married, usually without a big wedding or family involvement.
  • forsake verb To abandon or give up someone or something, often permanently.
  • give up phrasal verb To stop trying to do something because it has become too hard or seems hopeless.
  • leave verb To go away from a place or person.
  • maroon adj A dark brownish-red colour.
  • quit verb To resign from a job or position.
  • relinquish verb To give up or hand over a right, position, or possession, often reluctantly.
  • renounce verb To formally give up a right, title, or claim.
  • strand noun One of the individual threads or wires twisted together to make a rope, cable, or cord.
  • waive verb To voluntarily give up a right, claim, or requirement.

Senses

abbandonare is used for these senses in English:

  • discontinue (transitive) To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying.
  • elope (intransitive, dated) To run away from home (for any reason).
  • forsake (transitive) To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
  • give up (transitive) To abandon (someone or something)
  • leave (transitive) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
  • maroon To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a desert island.
  • quit (transitive) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.
  • relinquish (transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.

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".

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