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abandonment noun

  /əˈbæn.dn̩.mn̩t/
  • (legal) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author. [Early 19th century.]
 uppgivande
  • The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. [Late 16th century.]
  • The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.
 övergivande

abandon verb

  /əˈbæn.dən/
  • (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)]
 överge, överlämna, gå ifrån, lämna
  • (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.]
 överlämna
  • (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)]
 avstå från, frångå, ge upp
  • (transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.]
 förvisa

abandon noun

  /əˈbæn.dən/
  • 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.)
 frigjordhet, hämningslöshet, nonchalans, otvungenhet

abandoned adjective

  /əˈbæn.dn̩d/
  • No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted. [Late 15th century]
 övergiven
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