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abandon
A	noun
	1	abandon, wantonness, unconstraint
			the trait of lacking restraint or control; freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚trait ╚indiscipline; undiscipline ╚unrestraint ╚abandon, wantonness, unconstraint
	2	wildness, abandon
			a feeling of extreme emotional intensity; "the wildness of his anger"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚feeling ╚passion; passionateness ╚wildness, abandon
B	verb
	1	abandon, give up
			stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas, claims, etc.; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some calims in these negociations"

	2	abandon, forsake, desolate, desert
			leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
		Category Tree: leave ╚abandon, forsake, desolate, desert ╚maroon; strand ╚ditch ╚walk out ╚expose
	3	vacate, empty, abandon
			leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"
		Category Tree: leave; go forth; go away ╚vacate, empty, abandon
	4	abandon, give up
			give up with the intent of never claiming again; "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"

	5	abandon
			forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"
		Category Tree: get rid of; remove ╚discard; fling; toss; toss out; toss away; chuck out; cast aside; dispose; throw out; cast out; throw away; cast away; put away ╚abandon ╚consign ╚forfeit; give up; throw overboard; waive; forgo ╚dispense with ╚chuck; ditch

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