noun, masculine/a.bɑ̃.dɔ̃/plural: abandons
surrender; desertion; withdrawal; abandonment, abandoning; state of neglect; abandon, unrestraint (yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint)
“abandon scolaire” — the action of dropping out of school
From Old French (mettre) a bandon (“to deliver”, literally “to place in someone's power”). Gamillscheg suggests a derivation from Old French a ban donner, but the Trésor de la langue française considers this unlikely, as the phrase is not attested.