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.
tergiversation — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
disownment — to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce: to disown one's heirs; to disown a published statement.
desertion — the act of deserting or abandoning or the state of being deserted or abandoned
dereliction — If a building or a piece of land is in a state of dereliction, it is deserted or abandoned.
