0 present participle of abandon
2 to stop doing an activity before you have finished it:
The game was abandoned at half-time because of the poor weather conditions.
The party has now abandoned its policy of unilateral disarmament.
3 to allow yourself to be controlled completely by a feeling or way of living:
He abandoned himself to his emotions.
If disturbed, the bird may abandon the nest, leaving the chicks to die.
It was his instinct for self-preservation that led him to abandon his former friends and transfer his allegiance to the new rulers.
According to an eyewitness account, the thieves abandoned their vehicle near the scene of the robbery and then ran off.
The police are trying to trace the mother of a newborn baby found abandoned outside a hospital.
The house had been abandoned for several years before they decided to demolish it.
Sweden isn't likely ever to abandon its traditional neutrality.
Pressure to abandon the new motorway is increasing.
We were unable to get funding and therefore had to abandon the project.
