abandon

/əˈbæn.dən/

#14,504 of the most-used English words

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.
   "Many baby girls have been abandoned on the streets of Beijing."
4. To subdue; to take control of.

noun

1. A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences.
2. Abandonment; relinquishment.

Similar: abandonment, libertinism, profligacy, unconstraint, unrestraint, wantonness