a day on which work is suspended by law or custom; "no mail is delivered on federal holidays"; "it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover"
the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon"
stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations"
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"
forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"
of a speech expressing leave-taking; "a valedictory address"
of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell; "a valedictory address"; "valedictory praise for his uniformly manly course"; "a suitable valedictory gesture"