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abandonment

noun
/əˈbæn.d(ə)n.m(ə)nt/

Etymology

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.)

  1. derived from bandum
  2. borrowed from abandonnement

Definitions

  1. The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned

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

  2. The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife,…

    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.

  3. An abandoned building or structure.

    • High-profile abandonments are harder to infiltrate for urban explorers due to their heightened security.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege

      The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author.

    2. The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property…

      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. The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as…

      The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.

      • The railway was in fact shifted in 1937 a little to the west, over a distance of a quarter-mile, to make room for the by-pass at this point, but complete abandonment was firmly vetoed because of the proved strategic value of the line.

    4. A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier…

      A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.

    5. The self-surrender to an outside influence.

      • For quotations using this term, see Citations:abandonment.

    6. Abandon

      Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions.

      • Roger, in terms of the strengths he brought to the band, was wild abandonment. So if Howard was in the pocket, Roger was bouncing off the walls, and Nancy was somewhere in the middle.

The neighborhood

Derived

nonabandonment, reabandonment

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at abandonment. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01abandonment02desertion03deserting04desert05wasteland06devastated07ravaged08ravage09devastate

A definitional loop anchored at abandonment. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at abandonment

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA