Etymology

Compare French abandonnement

Noun

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

   Quotations

   • The abandonment of the independence of Europe. - Burke.

2. (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.
3. (Common Law): The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege, as to mill site, etc.
4. (Common Law): The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband, or child; desertion.

   Example

   • "Well, since he left her, she's suing him for divorce on grounds of abandonment."

5. (Rare): Careless freedom or ease; abandon. - Carlyle.

Translations

• Chinese: 委付
• Dutch: verlatenheid f
• Ekspreso: abandono
• French: abandon m
• German: Aufgeben n
• Interlingua: abandonamento, abandono
• Irish: tréigean m1
• Italian: abbandono
• Norwegian: oppgivelse c
• Portuguese: abandono
• Romanian: abandon n
• Spanish: abandono m