Associations to the word «Abandonment»
Noun
- Kindness
- Retreat
- Belfast
- Failure
- Flooding
- Settlement
- Repentance
- Maya
- Erosion
- Protectorate
- Anarchist
- Consolidation
- Emptiness
- Subsidy
- Drought
- Annihilation
- Childhood
- Ideal
- Dogma
- Depression
- Incarceration
- Separation
- Doctrine
- Nostalgia
- Holocaust
- Bronx
- Slavery
- Solitude
- Sorrow
- Disgrace
- Acceptance
- Socialism
- Loss
- Delusion
- Starvation
- Conversion
- Degradation
- Providence
- Indifference
- Tramway
- Fear
- Communism
- Warfare
- Expulsion
- Policy
- Refusal
- Greed
- Critique
- Occupation
- Sovereignty
- Anxiety
- Ruin
- Apache
Adjective
Wiktionary
ABANDONMENT, noun. The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. [Late 16th century.]
ABANDONMENT, noun. The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.
ABANDONMENT, noun. An abandoned building or structure.
ABANDONMENT, noun. (legal) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author. [Early 19th century.]
ABANDONMENT, noun. (legal) 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. [Early 19th century.]
ABANDONMENT, noun. The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
ABANDONMENT, noun. A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
ABANDONMENT, noun. The self-surrender to an outside influence. [Mid 19th century.]
ABANDONMENT, noun. Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions. [Mid 19th century.]
Dictionary definition
ABANDONMENT, noun. The act of giving something up.
ABANDONMENT, noun. Withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless".
ABANDONMENT, noun. The voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.