abbandono — 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.
- abandoning noun The act of leaving something or someone behind for good.
- abandonment noun The act of leaving someone or something behind completely, or the state of having been left that way.
- dropout noun A person who leaves school or a course before finishing it.
- renunciation noun A formal declaration that you are giving up a right, title, claim or citizenship.
Senses
abbandono 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.)
- abandoning An act in which something or someone is abandoned; abandonment, neglect
- abandonment The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
- abandonment Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions. [Mid 19th century.]
- renunciation (law) The act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another.
abandon — full definition
- verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
- verb To give up an activity, plan, or belief completely.
- noun Total freedom from restraint or inhibition, especially in the phrase "with abandon".