Leave a ring about (7)

I believe the answer is:

abandon

'leave' is the definition.
(abandoning is a kind of leaving)

'a ring about' is the wordplay.
'ring' becomes 'band' ('band' can be a synonym of 'ring').
'about' becomes 'on' (**).
'a'+'band'+'on'='ABANDON'

(Other definitions for abandon that I've seen before include "Desert - recklessness" , "Kick" , "Lack of constraint" , "Evacuate; desert" , "ditch" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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