Meaning

• 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 or a position, 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."

• To subdue; to take control of.

• To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject.

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

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