Abandonment
WordNet
noun
(1) Withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
"His abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"
(2) The voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away
(3) The act of giving something up
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Etymology
Compare French abandonnement, from ; abandonner was originally equivalent to , bandon being from Low Latin bandum, .
Noun
- The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
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- The abandonment of the independence of Europe. - Edmund Burke
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- (Maritime Law): The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against.
- (Common Law): The relinquishment of a right, claim or privilege, as to mill site, etc.
- (Common Law): The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.
- "Well, since he left her, she's suing him for divorce on grounds of abandonment."
- The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier by railroad.
- A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
- Careless freedom or ease; abandon. - Thomas Carlyle
Shorthand
- Gregg (Version: Centennial,Series 90, DJS,Simplified): a - b - a - n - dn - m
- (Version: Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - a - nd - m