with abandon

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, Australian) IPA(key): /əˈbæn.dən/ (Standard Southern British, Northern England, Scotland, Wales) IPA(key): /əˈban.dən/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /əˈbɛn.dən/ Hyphenation: aban‧don === Etymology 1 === From Middle English abandounen, from Old French abandoner, formed from a (“at, to”) + bandon (“jurisdiction, control”), from Late Latin bannum (“proclamation”), bannus, bandum, from Frankish *ban, *bann, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to proclaim, command”) (whence English ban), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”). See also ban, banal. Displaced Middle English forleten (“to abandon”), from Old English forlǣtan, anforlǣtan; see forlet; and Middle English forleven (“to leave behind, abandon”), from Old English forlǣfan; see forleave. Compare typologically abdicate, Russian отказа́ться (otkazátʹsja) (akin to приказа́ть (prikazátʹ), сказа́ть (skazátʹ), указа́ть (ukazátʹ)). ==== Verb ==== abandon (third-person singular simple present abandons, present participle abandoning, simple past and past participle abandoned) (transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)] (transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)] For more quotations using this term, see Citations:abandon. (transitive) To leave behind; to desert, as in a ship, a position, or a person, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility. [First attested in the late 15th century.] For more quotations using this term, see Citations:abandon. (transitive, obsolete) To subdue; to take control of. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 16th century.] (transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.] (transitive) To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish. [First attested in the mid 18th century.] (transitive) To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Synonyms ===== ===== Antonyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English abandoun, from Old French abandon, from Old French abondonner. ==== Noun ==== abandon (countable and uncountable, plural abandons) 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.) Synonyms: wantonness, unrestraint, libertinism, abandonment, profligacy, unconstraint For more quotations using this term, see Citations:abandon. (obsolete) Abandonment; relinquishment. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === == French == === Etymology === From Old French (mettre) a bandon (“to deliver”, literally “to place in someone's power”). Gamillscheg suggests a derivation from Old French a ban donner, but the Trésor de la langue française considers this unlikely, as the phrase is not attested. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.bɑ̃.dɔ̃/ Rhymes: -ɔ̃ === Noun === abandon m (plural abandons) surrender; desertion; withdrawal abandon scolaire ― the action of dropping out of school abandon de poste ― desertion of one's post abandonment, abandoning faire l'abandon de quelque chose ― to give something up tour d'abandon ― foundling wheel state of neglect être à l'abandon ― to be in a state of complete neglect laisser à l'abandon ― to abandon; to allo to fall into decay; (literary) abandon, unrestraint (yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint) ==== Derived terms ==== abandonner ==== Descendants ==== Norwegian Bokmål: abandon === Further reading === “abandon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Friulian == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === abandon m (plural abandons) abandonment === References === ARLEF Dizionari Furlan Talian == Middle English == === Alternative forms === abandoun, abaundun === Etymology === From Old French abandon. === Adverb === abandon (not comparable) Freely; entirely. ==== References ==== “abandǒun, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From French abandon (“surrender, abandonment”), from Old French mettre a bandon (“to deliver, place at someone's disposition”), last part from Frankish *ban, *bann, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to proclaim, command, summon, ban”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak, say”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /abaŋˈdɔŋ/, /abanˈdɔŋ/ Rhymes: -ɔŋ Hyphenation: a‧ban‧don === Noun === abandon m (definite singular abandonen, indefinite plural abandoner, definite plural abandonene) (law) the right to, under certain circumstances, waive ownership of an insured ship or cargo to the insurer and claim compensation for total loss (obsolete) indifference ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “abandon” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French abandon. First attested in 1830. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈban.dɔn/ Rhymes: -andɔn Syllabification: a‧ban‧don === Noun === abandon m inan (law, nautical) legal waiving of rights to one's ship that has lost trade value (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?) zgłoszenie abandonu ― registration of abandonment of one's ship ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “abandon”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[5] (in Polish) abandon in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego == Romanian == === Alternative forms === абандон (abandon) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling === Etymology === Borrowed from French abandon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /abanˈdon/ Rhymes: -on Hyphenation: a‧ban‧dón === Noun === abandon n (plural abandonuri) abandonment renouncement ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== abandona