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			| 1.
								the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry she danced with abandon
 2.
								a feeling of extreme emotional intensity
 
 'abandon' - used as a verb
 3.
								forsake, leave behind
 We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot
 4.
								stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
 He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage
 5.
								give up with the intent of never claiming again
 Abandon your life to God
 6.
								leave behind empty; move out of
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								leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
 
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			| 1. Abandon / Plural abandons
 2. Abandon / Past
 abandoned
 3. Abandon / Third Person
 abandons
 4. Abandon / Present Participle
 abandoning
 
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