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Stage 1 of 2
a bandon
Old French · medieval
"under one's control, or released from it"
literally under one's control, from a phrase meaning to put under someone's jurisdiction, later to release from it
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Stage 2 of 2
abandon
English · 1300s
"to give up or leave something completely"
settled as the English word for giving up or leaving something completely
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