Abandonment

Noun

 * 1) The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
 * 2) (shipping) The act of refusing delivery of a shipment so badly damaged in transit that it is worthless.
 * 3) (maritime) Damage to a vessel that is so severe that it is considered a constructive total loss.
 * 4)  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.
 * 5)  The relinquishment of a right, claim or privilege, as to mill site, etc.
 * 6)  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."
 * 1) The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier by railroad.
 * 2) A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
 * 3)  Careless freedom or ease; abandon.

Related terms
abandonable; abandoned; abandonee; abandoner

Etymology
From abandonnement:, from abandonner:; abandonner: was originally equivalent to undefined:, bandon: being from Low  bandum:, bannum:.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch: achterlating, verlating, in de steek laten
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German: Überlassen, Aufgabe , Preisgabe
 * Interlingua: ,
 * Irish: tréigean
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 放棄


 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: oppgivelse
 * Nynorsk: oppgjeving
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: abandonare, abandon, renunţare
 * Spanish: abandono
 * Tagalog: pagpapabayâ
 * Ukrainian: відмова


 * Dutch: abandonnement, overlating
 * Finnish: ,
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish: tréigean


 * Italian:
 * Romanian: renunţare, abandonare
 * Ukrainian: абандон


 * Dutch: opgave, afstand, overgave, overlating
 * Finnish: luopuminen
 * Irish: tréigean
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 放棄
 * Norwegian: dereliksjon
 * Ukrainian: абандон


 * Dutch: achterlating, verlating, verwaarlozing, veronachtzaming
 * Finnish:
 * Interlingua: ,


 * Irish: tréigean
 * Italian:
 * Ukrainian: залишення


 * Finnish:


 * Italian: ,


 * Dutch: vrachtweigering
 * Finnish: ,


 * Italian:


 * Dutch: ongedwongenheid, uitbundigheid, nonchalence
 * Finnish: holtittomuus


 * Interlingua: ,
 * Italian: ,