Abandon

"Abandon" in Dutch

graagte

(a giving up to natural impulses)

ongedwongenheid

(a giving up to natural impulses)

achterlaten

(to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

afstand doen

(to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property)

afwijzen

(to cast out, expel, reject)

afzien

(to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property)

begeven

(to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

in de steek laten

(to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

opgeven

(to give up control of, surrender)

prijsgeven

(to give up control of, surrender)

terugnemen

(to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property)

verbannen

(to cast out, expel, reject)

verlaten

(to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

verwerpen

(to cast out, expel, reject)

verzaken

(to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.