abandonment

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 References 1.5 Shorthand

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[edit] Etymology

Compare 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 Low Latin bandum, bannum (“‘order, decree, ban’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˈbændənmənt/
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[edit] Noun

abandonment (plural abandonments)

1. The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.

   • The abandonment of the independence of Europe. - Edmund Burke

2. (Maritime 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. (Common Law): The relinquishment of a right, claim or privilege, as to mill site, etc.
4. (Common Law): The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.

   "Well, since he left her, she's suing him for divorce on grounds of abandonment."

5. The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier by railroad.
6. A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
7. (rare) Careless freedom or ease; abandon. - Thomas Carlyle

[edit] Related terms

• abandonable
• abandoned
• abandonee
• abandoner

[edit] Synonyms

• (careless freedom) nonchalance

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

• abandonment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

[edit] Shorthand

• Gregg (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS,Simplified): a - b - a - n - dn - m

(Version: Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - a - nd - m