abandon: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 10 letter points · starts with A · ends with N
Meaning of abandon
verb
- transitive
To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
- transitive
To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.
- 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.
Example: Many baby girls have been abandoned on the streets of Beijing.
- transitive
To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish.
Example: I hereby abandon my position as manager.
Listed forms: abandons, abandoning, abandoned, glossary, abandonest.
Source: Wiktionary — abandon.
noun
- countable, uncountable
A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. (Now especially in the phrase with abandon.)
Example: with gay abandon, with wild abandon, with reckless abandon
- countable, obsolete, uncountable
Abandonment; relinquishment.
Listed forms: abandons.
Source: Wiktionary — abandon.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for abandon.
noun
the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
- wantonness
- unconstraint
noun
a feeling of extreme emotional intensity
verb
give up with the intent of never claiming again
- give up
verb
leave behind empty; move out of
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is abandon in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of abandon
A(1) + B(3) + A(1) + N(1) + D(2) + O(1) + N(1) = 10 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of abandon
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from abandon
36 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in abandon. Showing up to 24, longest first.