[əˈband(ə)n], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cease to support or look after (someone); desert
(e.g: her natural mother had abandoned her at an early age)

- give up completely (a practice or a course of action)
(e.g: he had clearly abandoned all pretence of trying to succeed)

- allow oneself to indulge in (a desire or impulse)
(e.g: they abandoned themselves to despair)


Phrases:
- abandon ship

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French abandoner, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + bandon ‘control’ (related to ban). The original sense was ‘bring under control’, later ‘give in to the control of, surrender to’ (abandon)

[əˈband(ə)n], (Noun)

Definitions:
- complete lack of inhibition or restraint
(e.g: she sings and sways with total abandon)


Phrases:
- abandon ship

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French abandoner, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + bandon ‘control’ (related to ban). The original sense was ‘bring under control’, later ‘give in to the control of, surrender to’ (abandon)