ALL meanings of abandonment
a·ban·don
A a - uncountable noun abandonment The abandonment of a place, thing, or person is the act of leaving it permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so. 3
- uncountable noun abandonment The abandonment of a piece of work or activity is the act of stopping doing it before it is finished. 3
- uncountable noun abandonment The abandonment of an idea or way of thinking is the act of stopping having the idea or of stopping thinking in that way. 3
- verb with object abandonment to leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert: to abandon one's farm; to abandon a child; to abandon a sinking ship. 1
- verb with object abandonment to give up; discontinue; withdraw from: to abandon a research project; to abandon hopes for a stage career. 1
- verb with object abandonment to give up the control of: to abandon a city to an enemy army. 1
- verb with object abandonment to yield (oneself) without restraint or moderation; give (oneself) over to natural impulses, usually without self-control: to abandon oneself to grief. 1
- verb with object abandonment Law. to cast away, leave, or desert, as property or a child. 1
- verb with object abandonment Insurance. to relinquish (insured property) to the underwriter in case of partial loss, thus enabling the insured to claim a total loss. 1
- verb with object abandonment Obsolete. to banish. 1
- noun abandonment The action or fact of abandoning or being abandoned. 1
- noun abandonment of sb: desertion 1
- noun abandonment of sthg: giving up, surrender 1
- noun abandonment The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. 0
- noun abandonment The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion. 0
- noun abandonment An abandoned building or structure. 0
- noun abandonment (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. 0
- noun abandonment (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. 0
- noun abandonment The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency. 0
- noun abandonment A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value. 0
- noun abandonment The self-surrender to an outside influence. 0
- noun abandonment Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions. 0