abandonment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbæn.dn̩.mn̩t/
ipa: /əˈbæn.dn̩.mn̩t/
Forms: form: abandonments
Etymology: From French abandonnement, from abandonner (“to abandon, relinquish”). abandonner was originally equivalent to mettre à bandon (“to leave to the jurisdiction, i.e. of another”), bandon being from Medieval Latin bandum, bannum (“order, decree, ban”). Equivalent to abandon + -ment. (See also English banns.)
Senses: examples: text: To what are we reserved? An adequate compensation "for the sacrifice of powers the most nearly connected with us;"— an adequate compensation "for the direct or indirect annexation to France ot all the ports of the continent, from Dunkirk to Hamburgh;"— an adequate compensation "for the abandonment of the independence of Europe!"
ref: 1790-1800, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace:
text: The fate of the railway from Ballater to Braemar has been invested with an air of mystery, which has never been completely dispelled. It has been suggested that Queen Victoria was opposed to a railway in the vicinity of Balmoral Castle, and intervened personally to secure the abandonment of the line beyond Ballater.
ref: 1957 January 23, H. A. Vallance, “The Deeside Railway—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 6:
glosses: The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
examples: text: Since he left her, she's suing him for divorce on grounds of abandonment.
glosses: The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.
examples: text: High-profile abandonments are harder to infiltrate for urban explorers due to their heightened security.
glosses: An abandoned building or structure.
topics: law
glosses: The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author.
topics: law
glosses: 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.
examples: text: The railway was in fact shifted in 1937 a little to the west, over a distance of a quarter-mile, to make room for the by-pass at this point, but complete abandonment was firmly vetoed because of the proved strategic value of the line.
ref: 1955 March, T. B. Sands, “The Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 191:
glosses: The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
glosses: A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
glosses: The self-surrender to an outside influence.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2008, Jake Brown, Heart: In the Studio:
glosses: Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions.
Synonyms: abandoning
abdication
abjuration
abnegation
abrogation
cession
defection
demission
dereliction
desertion
rejection
relinquishment
renunciation
resignation
surrender
Derived terms: nonabandonment
reabandonment
Related terms: abandonable
abandoned
abandonee
abandoner