abandon vs dominate

abandon

verb
  • To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. 

  • To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish. 

  • To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. 

  • To leave behind; to desert, as in a ship, a position, or a person, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility. 

  • To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss. 

noun
  • A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. 

dominate

verb
  • To exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone 

  • To enjoy a commanding position in some field 

  • To overlook from a height. 

  • To precede another node of a directed graph in all paths from the start of the graph to the other node. 

  • To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power 

adj
  • Dominant. 

noun
  • The late period of the Roman Empire, following the principate, during which the emperor's rule became more explicitly autocratic and remaining vestiges of the Roman Republic were removed from the formal workings of government; the reign of any particular emperor during this period. 

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