Difference Wiki

Aband vs. Abandon: What's the Difference?

Aband and Abandon Definitions

Aband

To desist in practicing, using, or doing; to renounce.

Abandon

To withdraw one's support or help from, especially in spite of duty, allegiance, or responsibility; desert
Abandon a friend in trouble.

Aband

To desert; to forsake.

Abandon

To give up by leaving or ceasing to operate or inhabit, especially as a result of danger or other impending threat
Abandoned the ship.

Aband

To abandon.
Enforced the kingdom to aband.
ADVERTISEMENT

Abandon

To surrender one's claim to, right to, or interest in; give up entirely
Abandon a belief.

Aband

To banish; to expel.

Abandon

To cease trying to continue; desist from
Abandoned the search for the missing hiker.

Abandon

To yield (oneself) completely, as to emotion.

Abandon

Great enthusiasm or lack of restraint
Skied with abandon.
ADVERTISEMENT

Abandon

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

Abandon

(transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.

Abandon

(transitive) To leave behind; to desert, as in a ship, a position, or a person, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility.
Many baby girls have been abandoned on the streets of Beijing.
She abandoned her husband for a new man.

Abandon

To subdue; to take control of.

Abandon

To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
ADVERTISEMENT

Abandon

(transitive) To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish.
I hereby abandon my position as manager.

Abandon

(transitive) To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.

Abandon

A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences.

Abandon

(obsolete) abandonment; relinquishment.

Abandon

To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
That he might . . . abandon them from him.
Being all this time abandoned from your bed.

Abandon

To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender.
Hope was overthrown, yet could not be abandoned.

Abandon

Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; - often in a bad sense.
He abandoned himself . . . to his favorite vice.

Abandon

To relinquish all claim to; - used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against.

Abandon

Abandonment; relinquishment.

Abandon

A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.

Abandon

The trait of lacking restraint or control; freedom from inhibition or worry;
She danced with abandon

Abandon

A feeling of extreme emotional intensity;
The wildness of his anger

Abandon

Forsake, leave behind;
We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot

Abandon

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

Abandon

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

Abandon

Leave behind empty; move out of;
You must vacate your office by tonight

Abandon

Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch;
The mother deserted her children

Trending Comparisons

Popular Comparisons

New Comparisons