abandoned
English
/əˈbæn.dn̩d/, /əˈbæn.dn̩d/
adj
Definitions
- Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.
- No longer maintained by its former owners, residents or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.
- Free from constraint; uninhibited.
- (geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English abandoned affix from English abandon.
Origin
English
abandon
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abandon English
- abandonable English
- abandonedly English
- abandonedness English
- abandonee English
- abandoner English
- abandonly English
- abandonment English
- abandonness English
- abandonware English
- nonabandoned English
- semiabandoned English
- unabandon English
- unabandoned English
- abandonner French
- abandoned Middle English
- abandounen Middle English
- abandonar Ido