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abandoned

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishabandoned, equivalent toabandon +‎-ed.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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abandoned (comparativemoreabandoned,superlativemostabandoned)

  1. Having given oneself up tovice;immoral;extremely wicked, orsinning without restraint;irreclaimably wicked.[First attested from 1350 to 1470][1]
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:evil
    • 1876, Alexander Davidson,A Complete History of Illinois from 1673 to 1884, page232:
      Such immunity to offenders offered a safe asylum to the vilest and mostabandoned scoundrels.
  2. No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers;forsaken,deserted.[Late 15th century][1]
    Synonyms:careless,deserted,discarded,forsaken;see alsoThesaurus:abandoned
    abandoned building
    abandoned property
    They explored anabandoned factory on the edge of town.
    • 1735, Thomson,(Please provide the book title or journal name):
      […] yourabandoned streams[…]
  3. Free from constraint;uninhibited.[Late 17th century][1]
    Synonym:dissolute
    • 1919,W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 11, inThe Moon and Sixpence:
      Everything was dirty andshabby. There was no sign of theabandoned luxury that Colonel MacAndrew had so confidently described.
    • 1984 February 4,M. S., “Celles qui aiment: The Lesbians of Montreal”, inGay Community News, volume11, number28, page14:
      What is the same is our need for community. What seemed different was anabandoned enjoyment of life and music, a uniquely Quebec sense ofjoie de vivre.
  4. (geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.

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Translations

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wicked, self-abandoned, given to sin
no longer maintained, forsaken, deserted
free from constraint, uninhibited
geology: no longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it

Verb

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abandoned

  1. simplepast andpastparticiple ofabandon

References

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  1. ↑1.01.11.2Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abandoned”, inThe Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.:Oxford University Press,→ISBN, page 2.
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