abandon

• abandonment
• abdicate
• abjure
• abort
• abrogate
• annul
• ardor
• back out
• bail out
• bask
• blank check
• bow out
• break off
• break up
• call
• call off
• cancel
• carelessness
• carte blanche
• casualness
• cease
• chicken out
• close
• conclude
• cop out
• countermand
• cry off
• cut loose
• cut off
• deliver
• desert
• discard
• discontinue
• disown
• disregard
• distance
• ditch
• drop
• drop out
• duck
• dump
• dust
• ease
• end
• enthusiasm
• escape
• excess
• excessiveness
• expire
• exuberance
• fervor
• finish
• flake out
• fling
• fly the coop
• forget
• forsake
• free hand
• freedom
• give up
• give up the ship
• halt
• hand over
• hang it up
• heedlessness
• hold back
• ignore
• immoderacy
• impulse
• impulsiveness
• impulsivity
• incontinence
• indiscretion
• indulge
• indulgence
• insouciance
• intemperance
• interrupt
• invalidate
• jettison
• jilt
• junk
• kiss goodbye
• knock off
• leave
• leave behind
• leave off
• leg it
• let go
• licentiousness
• lightheartedness
• luxuriate
• maroon
• naturalness
• neglect
• nullify
• offhandedness
• opt out
• overdo
• overindulge
• pause
• permissiveness
• pull out
• quit
• recall
• recant
• recklessness
• reject
• relinquish
• renounce
• repeal
• repudiate
• rescind
• retract
• revel
• reverse
• revoke
• roll
• roll back
• run out on
• sacrifice
• scrap
• screw
• scrub
• shed
• ship out
• shut off
• spirit
• spontaneity
• spontaneousness
• stop
• storm out
• strand
• surrender
• suspend
• take a powder
• take a walk
• take back
• taper off
• terminate
• thoughtlessness
• throw away
• throw out
• throw over
• throw up
• unconstraint
• uninhibitedness
• unrestraint
• unself-consciousness
• vacate
• void
• walk away from
• walk out on
• wallow
• wantonness
• warmth
• wash hands of
• wildness
• wind up
• withdraw
• wrap up
• write off
• yield
• zeal
• zealotry
• zealousness

• adopt
• advance
• allow
• approve
• assert
• begin
• carefulness
• carry on
• check
• cherish
• come
• commence
• constraint
• continue
• defend
• deny
• discipline
• discreetness
• discretion
• embarrassment
• engage
• eschew
• favor
• forbear
• forego
• forgo
• go
• hang in
• hang on
• harbor
• have
• heedfulness
• hold
• hold on
• inhibit
• inhibition
• initiate
• keep
• keep up
• maintain
• own
• persevere
• persist
• pledge
• possess
• preserve
• promise
• pursue
• reclaim
• redeem
• remain
• renew
• reopen
• repression
• rescue
• reserve
• restart
• restrain
• restraint
• resume
• retain
• reticence
• run on
• save
• self-command
• self-consciousness
• self-control
• self-denial
• self-discipline
• self-mastery
• self-restraint
• start
• stay
• support
• suppression
• take on
• take up
• undertake
• uneasiness
• uphold
• willpower
• withhold

• verb
  1. To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
  2. To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.
  3. To leave behind; to desert as in a ship or a position, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility.
  4. To subdue; to take control of.
  5. To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
  6. To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish.
  7. To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.
• noun
  1. A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences.
  2. Abandonment; relinquishment.

• The children played in the meadow with joyful abandon, free from any worries.
• As the music echoed through the club, people danced with wild abandon.
• The explorer decided to embrace the spirit of adventure and abandon all fears.
• The storm forced the sailors to abandon ship and seek refuge in lifeboats.
• In the heat of the moment, he chose to speak his mind with complete abandon, not holding anything back.

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