Abandon vs. Disown
Difference Between Abandon and Disown
Abandonverb
(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
Disownverb
(transitive) To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
Lord Capulet and his wife threatened to disown their daughter Juliet if she didn’t go through with marrying Count Paris.Abandonverb
(transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.
Disownverb
(transitive) To repudiate any connection to; to renounce.
Abandonverb
(transitive) To leave behind; to desert as in a ship or a position, 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.Disownverb
To detach (a job or process) so that it can continue to run even when the user who launched it ends his/her login session.
Abandonverb
To subdue; to take control of.
Disownverb
prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
Abandonverb
To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
Abandonverb
(transitive) To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish.
Abandonverb
(transitive) To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.
Abandonnoun
A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences.
Abandonnoun
(obsolete) abandonment; relinquishment.
Abandonnoun
the trait of lacking restraint or control; freedom from inhibition or worry;
she danced with abandonAbandonnoun
a feeling of extreme emotional intensity;
the wildness of his angerAbandonverb
forsake, leave behind;
We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lotAbandonverb
stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas, claims, etc.;
He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriageBoth sides have to give up some calims in these negociationsAbandonverb
give up with the intent of never claiming again;
Abandon your life to GodShe gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to TahitiWe gave the drowning victim up for deadAbandonverb
leave behind empty; move out of;
You must vacate your office by tonightAbandonverb
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch;
The mother deserted her children
