abandonment

n. deserting, forsaking, giving up, letting go

The term abandonment has a multitude of uses, legal and extra-legal. This "signpost article" provides a guide to the various legal and quasi-legal uses of the word and includes links to articles that deal with each of the distinct concepts at greater length.Abandonment, in law, is the relinquishment or renunciation of an interest, claim, privilege, possession or right, especially with the intent of never again resuming or reasserting it. Such intentional action may take the form of a discontinuance or a waiver. This broad meaning has a number of applications in different branches of law.
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Noun
1. the act of giving something up
(synonym) forsaking, desertion
(hypernym) rejection
(hyponym) exposure
(derivation) abandon, give up
2. withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"
(synonym) desertion, defection
(hypernym) withdrawal
(hyponym) abscondment, decampment
(derivation) abandon, forsake, desolate, desert
3. the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away
(hypernym) disposal, disposition
(hyponym) discard, throwing away
(derivation) abandon

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

(n.)
The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege, as to mill site, etc.
  

(n.)
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.
  

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

(n.)
Careless freedom or ease; abandon.