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A•BAN•DON
–verb (used with object)
1. to leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert: toabandon one's farm; to abandon a child; to abandon asinking ship.

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2. to give up; discontinue; withdraw from: to abandon aresearch project; to abandon hopes for a stage career.

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3. to give up the control of: to abandon a city to an enemyarmy.

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4. to yield (oneself) without restraint or moderation; give(oneself) over to natural impulses, usually without self-control: to abandon oneself to grief.

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5. Law . to cast away, leave, or desert, as property or a child.

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6. Insurance . to relinquish (insured property) to theunderwriter in case of partial loss, thus enabling the insuredto claim a total loss.

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7. Obsolete . to banish.