Thesaurus: abandonment

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1. n. The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
2. n. 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. n. The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege, as to mill site, etc.
4. n. The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband, or child; desertion.
5. n. Careless freedom or ease; abandon.
6. n. the act of giving something up
7. n. withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
8. n. the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away
9. 1. The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. The abandonment of the independence of Europe. Burke. 2. (Mar. 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. (Com. Law) (a) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege, as to mill site, etc. (b) The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband, or child; desertion. 4. Careless freedom or ease; abandon. [R.] Carlyle.
10. The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of whatmay remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a perilinsured against.
11. n:100 n. the act of giving something up n. the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away