v.t.
1. To correct an erring friend or admonish a needy one. Of women the word abandoned is used in the sense of indiscreet.
2. To confer the advantage of being rid of you. To recant
Thank heaven, I have abandoned the follies of youth for those of age.
—Chauncey Depew
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
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