əˈbandənd, -aand- adjective
Etymology: Middle English abandouned, from past participle of abandounen to abandon
1. : given up : deserted , forsaken
an abandoned child
an abandoned house
2. : self-abandoned : given over to vice : free from moral restraint
an abandoned villain
3. : showing abandon : free from constraint
an abandoned sadness born of grief — Liam O'Flaherty
4. of a geological formation : no longer affected by the geologic agent that produced it
an abandoned valley
• aban·doned·ly -ndən(d)lē, -i -i adverb