Abandon, abandoned, or abandonment may refer to:

Common uses

* Abandonment (emotional), a subjective emotional state in which people feel undesired, left behind, insecure, or discarded * Abandonment (legal), a legal term regarding property **

Child abandonment A child () is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty, or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. The term may also refer to an unborn human being. In English-speaking countries, the legal definition of ''chi ...

, the extralegal abandonment of children ** Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property, legal status of property after abandonment and rediscovery * Abandonment (mysticism)

Art, entertainment, and media

Film

* ''Abandon'' (film), a 2002 film starring Katie Holmes * ''Abandoned'' (1949 film), starring Dennis O'Keefe * ''Abandoned'' (1955 film), the English language title of the Italian war film ''Gli Sbandati'' * ''Abandoned'' (2001 film), a Hungarian film * ''Abandoned'' (2010 film), starring Brittany Murphy * ''Abandoned'' (2015 film), a television movie about the shipwreck of the ''Rose-Noëlle'' in 1989 * ''Abandoned'' (2022 film), starring Emma Roberts * ''The Abandoned'' (1945 film), a 1945 Mexican film * ''The Abandoned'' (2006 film), by Nacho Cerdà * ''The Abandoned'' (2010 film), starring Mira Furlan * ''The Abandoned'' (2015 film), starring Louisa Krause * ''The Abandoned'' (2022 film), starring Janine Chang * '' The Abandonment'', a 1916 silent short film

Literature

*''Abandon'', a thriller novel by Blake Crouch * ''Abandonment'', a play by Kate Atkinson

Music

Groups

* Abandon (band), an alternative rock band on ForeFront Records * Los Abandoned, music group

Albums

* ''Abandon'' (album), a 1998 album by rock band Deep Purple * ''Abandoned'' (album), a 2015 album by hardcore punk band Defeater

Songs

* "Abandoned" (song), a song by Jay Park * "Abandoned", a song from the Extol album '' Undeceived'' * "Abandoned", a song from the Kamelot album '' The Black Halo'' * "The Abandoned", a song from the Memphis May Fire album '' The Hollow'' * "Abandon", a song from the Chariot album '' Wars and Rumors of Wars'' * "Abandon", a song from the Sylosis album '' Cycle of Suffering''

Television

* ''Abandoned'' (TV series), an American reality television series * "Abandoned" (''Lost''), episode 30 of ''Lost'', season 2 * "Abandoned", an episode of the TV series ''Feud'' * "Abandoned", an episode of the TV series '' Power Rangers S.P.D.'' * "Abandoned", an episode of the TV series ''Smallville'' season 10 * "The Abandoned" (''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''), episode 6 of ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', season 3

Video games

* ''Abandoned'' (video game), the tentative title for an upcoming survival horror game being developed by Blue Box Game Studios

Other uses

* Abandoned footwear * Abandoned pets * Abandoned railway * Abandoned village, a human habitat that has been abandoned * Mate abandonment, in animal behavior, where one parent deserts the other