abandonment
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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/
- Audio (US)help, file
[edit] Noun
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abandonment (plural abandonments)
- The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
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- The abandonment of the independence of Europe. - Edmund Burke
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- (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.
- (Common Law): The relinquishment of a right, claim or privilege, as to mill site, etc.
- (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."
- The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier by railroad.
- A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
- (rare) Careless freedom or ease; abandon. - Thomas Carlyle
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[edit] Synonyms
- (careless freedom) nonchalance
[edit] Translations
act of abandoning
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maritime law: relinquishment of a property to underwriters
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relinquishment of a right, claim or privilege
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voluntary leaving of a person
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cessation of service
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refusal to receive freight
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careless freedom
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[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

