Main entry: wantonness, unconstraint, abandon
Definition: the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
Usage: she danced with abandon
Definition: a feeling of extreme emotional intensity
Usage: the wildness of his anger
Definition: stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
Usage: He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage; Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations
Main entry: abandon, forsake, desert, desolate
Definition: leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
Usage: The mother deserted her children
Main entry: abandon, vacate, empty
Definition: leave behind empty; move out of
Usage: You must vacate your office by tonight
Definition: give up with the intent of never claiming again
Usage: Abandon your life to God; She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti; We gave the drowning victim up for dead
Main entry: abandon
Definition: forsake, leave behind
Usage: We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot