How to pronounce abandon in English

"To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject."

"To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender."

"Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad sense."

"To relinquish all claim to; -- used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against."

"Abandonment; relinquishment."

"A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease."