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abandoned adjective

  /əˈbæn.dənd/
  • No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted. [Late 15th century]
 abandonné
  • Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked. [First attested from 1350 to 1470]
 dévergondé

abandon verb

  /əˈbæn.dən/
  • (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)]
 abandonner

abandonment noun

  /əˈbæn.dn̩.mn̩t/
  • Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions. [Mid 19th century.]
 abandon
  • The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
 désertion
  • The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. [Late 16th century.]
 désertion, abandon

abandonable adjective

  • Able to be abandoned; suitable for abandonment.
 abandonnable

abandoning noun

  /əˈbændənɪŋ/
  • An act in which something or someone is abandoned; abandonment, neglect
 abandon
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