noun The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
noun 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.
noun An abandoned building or structure.
High-profile abandonments are harder to infiltrate for urban explorers due to their heightened security.
noun The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author.
noun 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.
noun The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
noun A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.