l’abandon

/a.bɑ̃.dɔ̃/ noun · masculine B1

surrender; desertion; withdrawal · abandon scolaire the action of dropping out of school· abandon de poste desertion of one's post
abandonment, abandoning · faire l'abandon de quelque chose to give something up· tour d'abandon foundling wheel
state of neglect · être à l'abandon to be in a state of complete neglect· laisser à l'abandon to abandon; to allo to fall into decay;
abandon, unrestraint (yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint) (literary)

Plural abandons

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