Definition of Abandoned

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Definition of Abandoned
	Abandoned of Abandon Forsaken, deserted. Self-abandoned, or given up to vice; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked ; as, an abandoned villain. Related Definitions: Abandon, Abandoned, An, As, Deserted, Extremely, Forsaken, Given, Of, Or, Restraint, Sinning, To, Up, Vice, Villain, Wicked, Without

Abandoned Quotations

Art is never finished, only abandoned.
Leonardo da Vinci

Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm.
Blaise Pascal

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had one before.
H. L. Mencken

As the new spirituality begins to become the pervasive spirituality of the planet, we'll find that we have abandoned our philosophy of contradictions in which we say we're all one but continue to try to win.
Neale Donald Walsch

The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age.
W. H. Auden

The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.
Dag Hammarskjold

Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.
Bernard Baruch

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
Paul Valery

A person is born with desires of the eyes and ears, and a liking for beautiful sights and sounds. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to immorality and lack of restriction, and any ritual principles and propriety will be abandoned.
Xun Zi

A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.
Xun Zi

Abandoned Translations

abandoned in Afrikaans is immoreel
abandoned in Dutch is gemeen, immoreel, onzedelijk
abandoned in German is herrenlos, aufgelassen
abandoned in Latin is desolo
abandoned in Portuguese is abandonado
abandoned in Spanish is abandonado

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