Abandoned vs. Left

Abandoned vs. Left — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Abandoned and Left

Abandonedadjective

Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.

Leftadjective

The opposite of right; toward the west when one is facing north.

The left side.

Abandonedadjective

No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.

Leftadjective

(politics) Pertaining to the political left.

Abandonedadjective

Free from constraint; uninhibited.

Leftadverb

On the left side.

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Abandonedadjective

(geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.

Leftadverb

Towards the left side.

Turn left at the corner.

Abandonedverb

simple past tense and past participle of abandon

Leftnoun

The left side or direction.

Abandonedadjective

no longer inhabited;

weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse

Leftnoun

(politics) The ensemble of left-wing political parties. Those holding left-wing views as a group.

The political left is holding too much power.
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Abandonedadjective

left desolate or empty;

an abandoned childtheir deserted wives and childrenan abandoned shackdeserted villages

Leftnoun

(boxing) A punch delivered with the left fist.

Abandonedadjective

free from constraint;

an abandoned sadness born of grief

Leftverb

simple past tense and past participle of leave.

Leftverb

permitted, allowed to proceed.

We were not left go to the beach after school except on a weekend.

Leftnoun

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east;

she stood on the left

Leftnoun

those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare

Leftnoun

the hand that is on the left side of the body;

jab with your left

Leftnoun

the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left

Leftnoun

a turn to the left;

take a left at the corner

Leftadjective

being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north;

my left handleft center fieldthe left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream

Leftadjective

not used up;

leftover meatloafshe had a little money left over so she went to a moviesome odd dollars leftsaved the remaining sandwiches for supperunexpended provisions

Leftadjective

intended for the left hand;

I rarely lose a left-hand glove

Leftadjective

of or belonging to the political or intellectual right

Leftadverb

toward or on the left; also used figuratively;

he looked right and leftthe political party has moved left