abandon

To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.

To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.

To leave behind; to desert, as in a ship, a position, or a person, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility.

“Many baby girls have been abandoned on the streets of Beijing.”

“She abandoned her husband for a new man.”

To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish.

“I hereby abandon my position as manager.”

To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.

Give up with the intent of never claiming again

“Abandon your life to God”

“She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti”

“We gave the drowning victim up for dead”

Stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims

“He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage”

“Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations”

Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

“The mother deserted her children”

A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences.

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

“she danced with abandon”

A feeling of extreme emotional intensityfeeling

“the wildness of his anger”