Abandon: alternatives and connections

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall i…

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To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall i…

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One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.

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One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.

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To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or…

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To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or…

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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards).

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To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent.

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To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond.

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To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion); specifically, the suffering of Christ betwee…

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The state or quality of being passionate.

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To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.

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Freedom from restraint; freedom; liberty; license.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.

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To give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, with the sense of…

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A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach…

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To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.

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To quit; to relinquish; to leave.

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Injury; wrong; mischief.

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To pass by; to leave. See 1st Forego.

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In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.

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Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.

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To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit.

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To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land…

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To divide; to distribute; to apportion.

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One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.

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A small, flexible twig or rod.

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A waif; a castaway.

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The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.

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The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.

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The act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty; the quitting of one's duties willfully…

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The act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty; the quitting of one's duties willfully…

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Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room.

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Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room.

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Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed o…

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Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed o…

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That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; right to reward; merit.

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Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.

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Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, r…

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To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity.

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Freedom from constraint; ease.

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To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England; t…

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The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness.

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The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; irregularity; dis…

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