adj.
- Deserted; forsaken.
- Exuberantly enthusiastic.
- Recklessly unrestrained.
adjective
- Having been given up and left alone: bereft, derelict, deserted, desolate, forlorn, forsaken, lorn. See keep/release.
- Lacking in moral restraint: dissipated, dissolute, fast, gay, incontinent, licentious, profligate, rakish, unbridled, unconstrained, uncontrolled, ungoverned, uninhibited, unrestrained, wanton, wild. See restraint/unrestraint.
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Abandoned is such an interesting word. Why, you may ask? Well, you see, it is an interesting word because of the feelings it connotes to the reader. For the majority of us, when we see the word abandoned our minds immediately revert to orphans, lost kittens, rejection, and feeling alone. I know that that is what I thought the moment I picked this word to be my subject tonight. But you see, I decided not to just let that one definition of the word taint my topic tonight, I delved deeper into the meaning and alternate definitions of the word itself, and the results I found were very interesting.
- Exuberantly enthusiastic.
- Recklessly unrestrained.
Exuberantly enthusiastic = abandoned? Sounds odd doesn't it? Well, that is exactly what I thought. Which, brings me to another point. We as humans always take words at face value... and if we don't know what a word means, we just shrug our shoulders and say... "Heck, I don't know what that means... and I really don't care..." I know that I am certainly guilty of that. But this word, this abandoned, it means much more than feeling alone. It almost means the opposite. The sentence, "The feeling of abandon." can truely be taken two ways. (A.) Feeling alone and rejected, and/or left behind. or (B.) Feeling recklessly and exuberantly enthusiastic. In light of this fact... it isn't always bad to feel abandoned.
Not Entirely Yours,
Incomprehensible
