abandono — 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.
- abortion noun The deliberate ending of a pregnancy before the foetus can survive on its own.
Senses
abandono 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 act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. [Late 16th century.]
- abortion (medicine) The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus.[from 16th c.]
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".