abandonment : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: abandonment	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for abandonment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abandonment n the act of giving something up [syn: abandonment, forsaking, desertion] withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless" Synonym(s): desertion, abandonment, defection the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abandonment \Aban"donment\ (-m[eit]nt), n. [Cf. F. abandonnement.] 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.