1. – Entusiasmo excessivo (Unbounded enthusiasm)
2. – Uma completa ausência de inibição (a complete surrender of inhibitions).
Este termo aparece geralmente em frases como reckless abandon e wild abandon, e recomenda-se evitar empregar abandon fora desse tipo de frases.
O motivo de se evitar o uso indiscriminado de abandon é porque existe o termo abandonment, um substantivo correspondente ao verbo to abandon.
Exemplos
Abandon
• The commotions are treated with abandon by actors.
• That basketball players blaze the match with reckless abandon.
• The judge dumped politicians with abandon.
Abandonment
• That is the abandonment of a defeated ally.
• People claim thei abandonment of the president.
• These measures are a clear abandonment of her commitment to stop the fight.
