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Definition of 'Abandonment' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) abandonment, forsaking, desertion
the act of giving something up

2. (noun) desertion, abandonment, defection
withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
"his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"

3. (noun) abandonment
the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away


Definition of 'Abandonment' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Abandonment
the act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment

2. (noun) Abandonment
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. (noun) Abandonment
the relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege, as to mill site, etc

4. (noun) Abandonment
the voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband, or child; desertion

5. (noun) Abandonment
careless freedom or ease; abandon


Translation of 'Abandonment' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: having been left without any intention of returning to or reclaiming
The police found the abandoned car.; Lack of money led to the abandonment of this plan.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: opgee Arabic flag Arabic: تَرْك Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: оттегляне
Brazilian flag Brazilian: abandono Czech flag Czech: opuštění, odstoupení German flag German: die Aufgabe
Danish flag Danish: opgivelse Greek flag Greek: εγκατάλειψη Spanish flag Spanish: abandono
Estonian flag Estonian: hülgamine Farsi flag Farsi: توقف Finnish flag Finnish: hylkääminen
French flag French: abandon Hebrew flag Hebrew: נְטִישָה Hindi flag Hindi: परित्याग
Croatian flag Croatian: napuštanje Hungarian flag Hungarian: feladás Indonesian flag Indonesian: batal
Icelandic flag Icelandic: fráhvarf, það að hætta vi Italian flag Italian: abbandono Japanese flag Japanese: 放棄
Korean flag Korean: 포기 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: palikimas, atsisakymas Latvian flag Latvian: pamešana; atsacīšanās
Malay flag Malay: penghentian Dutch flag Dutch: het opgeven Norwegian flag Norwegian: oppgivelse, detå gi opp
Polish flag Polish: porzucenie, rezygnacja (z Persian flag Persian: توقف Pashto flag Pashto: دريدنه، پريښودنه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: abandono Romanian flag Romanian: abandon, pără­sire Russian flag Russian: оставление
Slovak flag Slovak: zrieknutie sa (čoho) Slovenian flag Slovenian: opustitev Serbian flag Serbian: napuštanje
Swedish flag Swedish: övergivande Thai flag Thai: การละทิ้ง Turkish flag Turkish: vazgeçme, terk, yarım bır
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 放棄 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: занедбаність; залишення Urdu flag Urdu: ترک کر دینے کا عمل
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: từ bỏ Chinese flag Chinese: 放弃

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