abandoned

aban·doned

adj \ə-ˈban-dənd\

Definition of ABANDONED

1

: wholly free from restraint

2

: given up : forsaken

Examples of ABANDONED

1. He led a reckless and abandoned life and died young.
2. <she consciously avoided walking past the abandoned house, with its broken windows and sagging porch>

First Known Use of ABANDONED

14th century

Related to ABANDONED

Synonyms: derelict, deserted, desolate, disused, forgotten, forsaken, rejected, vacant, vacated, void

Antonyms: bridled, checked, constrained, controlled, curbed, governed, hampered, hindered, restrained, temperate

Related Words: ignored, neglected, unattended, untended; castaway, cast-off, discarded, jettisoned, junked, refuse, waste; godforsaken, miserable, shabby, wretched; empty, idle

Near Antonyms: reclaimed, recovered, redeemed, rescued, retrieved, salvaged, saved; reconditioned, rehabbed, rehabilitated, restored; repeopled

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