abandonment
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[edit] 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”) (See also English banns.)
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[edit] Noun
abandonment (plural abandonments)
- The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
- 1790-1800, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace:
- 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!"
- 1790-1800, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace:
- (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.
- "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.
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- (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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refusal to receive freight
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careless freedom
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[edit] External links
- abandonment at OneLook Dictionary Search
- 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
