noun · countable / uncountable · rare

abandonment

a·ban·don·ment

abandonment · abandonments

відмова, залишення, абандон

отказ, оставление, покидание, абандон

Aufgabe, Überlassen, Preisgabe

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

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/əˈbæn.d(ə)n.m(ə)nt/

» Yanni is experiencing fear of abandonment.

Meaning

9 senses

(countable, uncountable)The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
Überlassen, Aufgabe, Preisgabe
оставле́ниеostavlénije, отка́зotkáz, абандо́нabandón
відмо́ваvidmóva, абандо́нabandón
(countable, uncountable)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.
оставле́ниеostavlénije, покида́ниеpokidánije
залишенняzalyšennja
(countable, uncountable)An abandoned building or structure.
High-profile abandonments are harder to infiltrate for urban explorers due to their heightened security.
(countable, uncountable)The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author.
отка́зotkáz
абандонabandon
(countable, uncountable)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.
(countable, uncountable)The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
(countable, uncountable)A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
(countable, uncountable)The self-surrender to an outside influence.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:abandonment.
(countable, uncountable)Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions.

More definitions

the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away
the act of giving something up
withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility

Examples

75 sentences

Yanni is experiencing fear of abandonment.
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Yanni has a fear of abandonment.
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What's the cure for abandonment issues?
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Ziri makes efforts to avoid abandonment.
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Ziri has traumas caused by abandonment.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 4

act of abandoning:

maritime law: relinquishment of a property to underwriters:

voluntary leaving of a person:

relinquishment of a right, claim or privilege:

Русский

By meaning 3

act of abandoning:

maritime law: relinquishment of a property to underwriters:

voluntary leaving of a person:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

act of abandoning:

Origin

Borrowed from French abandonnement, from abandonner (“to abandon, relinquish”). abandonner

Borrowed 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”). Equivalent to abandon + -ment. (See also English banns.)

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