abandon
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Meanings
Noun
1. surrender; desertion; withdrawal
2. abandonment, abandoning
3. state of neglect
4. abandon, unrestraint (yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint) (literary)
Examples6
to be in a state of complete neglect
desertion of one's post
to give something up
Tom was declared the winner by forfeit.
He was court-martialed for dereliction of duty.
Abandonment can be devastating.