abandonment
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
Etymology: Borrowed 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.)
Base: abandon
Affixes: -ment
Inflected forms:
form: abandonments
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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!"
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.
gloss: The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Since he left her, she's suing him for divorce on grounds of abandonment.
gloss: An abandoned building or structure.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: High-profile abandonments are harder to infiltrate for urban explorers due to their heightened security.
gloss: The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The self-surrender to an outside influence.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:abandonment.
gloss: Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
Synonyms: abandoning
abdication
abjuration
abnegation
abrogation
cession
defection
demission
dereliction
desertion
rejection
relinquishment
renunciation
resignation
surrender
Antonyms: acquisition
arrogation
care
completion
conviviality
correction
custody
entertainment
heed
help
hospitality
maintenance
reception
reclamation
retention
solicitude
support
tenacity
vigilance
watchfulness
welcome
Related words: abandonable
abandoned
abandonee
abandoner
Derived words: nonabandonment
reabandonment
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