abandon

1. (transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.Examples: "[…] he abandoned himself […] to his favourite vice."transitive

2. (transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.Examples: "In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra–wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised."transitive

3. (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.Examples: "Many baby girls have been abandoned on the streets of Beijing."; "He was abandoned on the island with no one to help him."; "She abandoned her husband for a new man."transitive

4. (transitive, obsolete) To subdue; to take control of.obsoletetransitive

5. (transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject.Examples: "Being all this time abandoned from your bed."obsoletetransitive

6. (transitive) To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish.Examples: "I hereby abandon my position as manager."transitive