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▸ verb:  (transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.
▸ verb:  (transitive) 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.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To subdue; to take control of.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.
▸ noun:  A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. (Now especially in the phrase with abandon.)
▸ noun:  (obsolete) Abandonment; relinquishment.

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