Meaning

noun the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry

noun a feeling of extreme emotional intensity

verb forsake, leave behind

originFrom Middle English abandounen, from Old French abandoner, formed from a (“at, to”) + bandon (“jurisdiction, control”), from Late Latin bannum (“proclamation”), bannus, bandum, from Frankish *ban, *bann, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to proclaim, command”) (whence English ban), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”). See also ban, banal. Displaced Middle English forleten (“to abandon”),…

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