·v Abandonment; relinquishment.
II. Abandon ·noun A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.
III. Abandon ·vt To cast or drive out; to Banish; to Expel; to Reject.
IV. Abandon ·vt Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly;
— often in a bad sense.
V. Abandon ·vt To relinquish all claim to;
— used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against.
VI. Abandon ·vt To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to Quit; to Surrender.