He 'abandoned' the principles that he once fought hard to defend.
He 'abandoned himself to' despair. [=he was overcome by despair]
The child had been 'abandoned' (by his parents) as an infant.
(..) "...once the best of friends... because of that woman..." "...the other man... the same evening..." "...The Eternal Gardens lie abandoned... but night after night in Yoshiwara..." "And this woman, at whose feet all sins are heaped... is a l s o named Maria..." look up to as a saint---?!" (..)1927 Metropolis