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Definition of
abandon noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
abandon
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
əˈbændən
/
/
[
uncountable
]
(
formal
)
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an uncontrolled way of behaving that shows that someone does not care what other people think
He signed checks with careless abandon.
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abandon
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