Abandon

Not every word made it into the new series, Word Up.  There are so many that didn’t make it, that I have decided to start a new Chalkboard playlist! Let me know what you...

Abandon

Abandon Old French abandoner, from Latin ab (away from), and bannum (proclamation, edict). The Old French phrase mettre a bandon meant “to send under the control, or jurisdiction of another.”  Pontius Pilate attempts “mettre a bandon” in the gospel of Luke.  Eager to...