Word of Sun, 08 November 2020
Abandon
Meaning:
Abandon is a word of wide signification, applying to persons or things of any kind; abdicate and resign apply to office, authority, or power; cede to territorial possessions; surrender especially to military force, and more generally to any demand, claim, passion, etc. Quit carries an idea of suddenness or abruptness not necessarily implied in abandon, and may not have the same suggestion of finality. The king abdicates his throne, cedes his territory, deserts his followers, renounces his religion, relinquishes his titles, abandons his designs.
Antonyms
Adopt
Advocate
Assert
Cherish
Claim
Court
Defend
Haunt
Prosecute
Vindicate
Synonyms
Wildness
Wantonness
Unconstraint
Violence
Vehemence
Ferocity
Forsake
One Word:
The trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
Sentence:
We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot