Excerpt from Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous Words in the English Language, With Descriptions of Their Various Shades of Meaning, and Illustrations of Their Usages and Specialities It is only when all efforts to save his ship are hopeless that the captain abandons her to the rocks and waves. In times of early Christianity, men were called upon to abandon houses, lands, and relatives, in such a way as would be now not only uncalled for, but an unjustifiable desertion of them. We 'may observe that a twofold idea seems inherent in abandonment (for the noun follows all the forces of the verb). We may abandon directly or indirectly, by actively transferring or putting away from ourselves; or by merely avoiding and taking our selves off. It is the former force which was the more predominant in the old English, the latter in the new. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.