simple past tense and past participle of abandon
"The crew left the ship abandoned when it sank in a storm."
In plain English: To abandon something is to leave it behind and stop caring about it anymore.
"We had to abandon our hike when the storm began to pick up."
Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.
"The abandoned sinner lived a life of unrestrained depravity that showed no sign of ever returning to goodness."
In plain English: Abandoned means something has been left behind and no longer cared for by anyone who used to own it.
"The abandoned house stood empty in the middle of the field."
Usage: This archaic definition is rarely used in modern English and should be avoided in everyday writing. Instead of describing someone as "abandoned" for being wicked, use contemporary terms like unrepentant or depraved to convey the same meaning clearly.
The word comes from Middle English, formed by adding the suffix "-ed" to the verb "abandon." Originally, it described something that had been left behind or deserted.