Abandonment

Quick meaning: Abandonment is a noun meaning The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.

Meaning

The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.

More Meanings

1. The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.
2. An abandoned building or structure.
3. The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
4. A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
5. The self-surrender to an outside influence.
6. (law) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author.
7. (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.

Example Sentences

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Since he left her, she's suing him for divorce on grounds of abandonment.

High-profile abandonments are harder to infiltrate for urban explorers due to their heightened security.

Roger, in terms of the strengths he brought to the band, was wild abandonment. So if Howard was in the pocket, Roger was bouncing off the walls, and Nancy was somewhere in the middle.

Word Forms

• abandonments

Synonyms for abandonment

Depending on context, synonyms include abandoning, abdication, abjuration, abnegation, abrogation, cession.

Antonyms for abandonment

Common opposites include acquisition, arrogation, care, completion, conviviality, correction.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include forsaking, desertion, defection, abdication, dropout, renouncement.

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