abandoner
41renegade — [adj] rebellious apostate, backsliding, disloyal, dissident, heterodox, mutinous, outlaw, radical, reactionary, rebel, recreant, revolutionary, runaway, schismatic, traitorous, unfaithful, untraditional; concepts 401,542 Ant. obedient, passive,… …
42abandon — ► VERB 1) desert or leave permanently. 2) give up (an action or practice) completely. 3) (abandon oneself to) indulge in (a desire or impulse) without restraint. ► NOUN ▪ complete lack of inhibition or restraint. DERIVATIVES abandonme …
43abandonment — abandon ► VERB 1) desert or leave permanently. 2) give up (an action or practice) completely. 3) (abandon oneself to) indulge in (a desire or impulse) without restraint. ► NOUN ▪ complete lack of inhibition or restraint. DERIVATIVES abandonme …
44abandon — [14] The Old French verb abandoner is the source of abandon. It was based on a bandon, meaning literally ‘under control or jurisdiction’, which was used in the phrase mettre a bandon ‘put someone under someone else’s control’ – hence ‘abandon… …
45abandon — [ə ban′dən] vt. [ME abandonen < OFr abandoner < mettre a bandon, to put under (someone else s) ban, relinquish: see BAN1] 1. to give up (something) completely or forever [to abandon all hope] 2. to leave, as in danger or out of necessity;… …
46a|ban´don|ment — a|ban|don 1 «uh BAN duhn», transitive verb. 1. to give up entirely: »She abandoned her hope of being a nurse. SYNONYM(S): relinquish, renounce, drop, discard. 2. to desert, forsake, or leave without intending to return: »A good mother would not… …
47a|ban´don|er — a|ban|don 1 «uh BAN duhn», transitive verb. 1. to give up entirely: »She abandoned her hope of being a nurse. SYNONYM(S): relinquish, renounce, drop, discard. 2. to desert, forsake, or leave without intending to return: »A good mother would not… …
48a|ban|don — 1 «uh BAN duhn», transitive verb. 1. to give up entirely: »She abandoned her hope of being a nurse. SYNONYM(S): relinquish, renounce, drop, discard. 2. to desert, forsake, or leave without intending to return: »A good mother would not abandon her …
