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| abandonment |
| 1. n. The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. |
| 2. n. 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. |
| 3. n. An abandoned building or structure. |
| High-profile abandonments are harder to infiltrate for urban explorers due to their heightened security. |
| 4. n. (legal) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author. |
| 5. n. (legal) 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. |
| 6. n. The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency. |
| 7. n. A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value. |
| 8. n. The self-surrender to an outside influence. |
| 9. n. Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions. |
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