plural of abandonment

The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.

One who abandons.

simple past tense and past participle of abandon

Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked. / No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.

A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. / (obsolete) abandonment; relinquishment.

(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.

An act in which something or someone is abandoned; abandonment, neglect

present participle and gerund of abandon

(plural only, archaic, British slang) Abandoned children; foundlings. / (plural only, archaic, British slang) Prostitutes.