abandon
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
she danced with abandon
Types & categories
- unrestraint hypernym
Related & opposite
- wanton derivation
Sense 2 verb
forsake, leave behind
We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot
Types & categories
- discard hypernym
- chuck hyponym
- dispense with hyponym
- forfeit hyponym
- consign hyponym
Related & opposite
- abandonment derivation
Sense 3 noun
a feeling of extreme emotional intensity
the wildness of his anger
Types & categories
- passion hypernym
Related & opposite
- wild derivation
Sense 4 verb
give up with the intent of never claiming again
Abandon your life to God
Types & categories
- foreswear hyponym
Related & opposite
- abandonment derivation
Sense 5 verb
leave behind empty; move out of
You must vacate your office by tonight
Types & categories
- leave hypernym
Related & opposite
- vacant derivation
Sense 6 verb
stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage
Related & opposite
- abandonment derivation
- ease up verb group
- collapse verb group
Sense 7 verb
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
The mother deserted her children
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- desertion derivation
- forsaking derivation
- forlornness derivation
- defector derivation
- ratter derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wanton |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | unrestraint |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | abandonment |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | discard |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chuck |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dispense with |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | forfeit |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | consign |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | wild |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | passion |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | abandonment |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | foreswear |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | vacant |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | leave |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | abandonment |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | ease up |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | collapse |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | desertion |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | forsaking |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | forlornness |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | defector |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | ratter |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | leave |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | expose |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | walk out |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | ditch |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | strand |