abandonment

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

To what are we reserved? An adequate compensation "for the sacrifice of powers the most nearly connected with us;"— an adequate compensation "for the direct or indirect annexation to France ot all the ports of the continent, from Dunkirk to Hamburgh;"— an adequate compensation "for the abandonment of the independence of Europe!"

The fate of the railway from Ballater to Braemar has been invested with an air of mystery, which has never been completely dispelled. It has been suggested that Queen Victoria was opposed to a railway in the vicinity of Balmoral Castle, and intervened personally to secure the abandonment of the line beyond Ballater.

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.

An abandoned building or structure.

High-profile abandonments are harder to infiltrate for urban explorers due to their heightened security.

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

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.