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abandons

abandons is the plural of abandon.

abandons is the third-person singular simple present indicative of abandon.

Noun

abandons pl (plural only)

  1. (British, archaic, plural, plural-only, slang) Abandoned children; foundlings.
  2. (British, archaic, plural, plural-only, slang) Prostitutes.

Meaning of abandon

Noun

abandon (countable and uncountable, plural abandons)

  1. A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. (Now especially in the phrase with abandon.)
    • with gay abandon, with wild abandon, with reckless abandon
  2. (obsolete) Abandonment; relinquishment.

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Phrases with abandons

Questions about abandons

What does abandons mean?
Abandons means abandoned children; foundlings.
What is abandons the plural of?
Abandons is the plural of abandon.
What part of speech is abandons?
Abandons is a noun.

Words near abandons in the dictionary

  1. abandonings
  2. abandonly
  3. abandonment
  4. abandonments
  5. abandonness
  6. abandons
  7. abandons ship
  8. abandonware
  9. abandonwares
  10. abands
  11. Abaneeme

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abandons (page history and authors); abandon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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