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abandon.

surrender; desertion; withdrawal

7 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/a.bɑ̃.dɔ̃/

  1. surrender; desertion; withdrawal

    masculine
    abandon scolaire
    abandon de poste

  2. abandonment, abandoning

    masculine
    faire l'abandon de quelque chose
    tour d'abandon

  3. state of neglect

    masculine
    être à l'abandon
    laisser à l'abandon

  4. abandon, unrestraint (yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint)

    literary · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old French (mettre) a bandon (“to deliver”, literally “to place in someone's power”). Gamillscheg suggests a derivation from Old French a ban donner, but the Trésor de la langue française considers this unlikely, as the phrase is not attested.

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