abandonment
abandonments
Abandonment is the act of getting rid of something. It’s how dogs become stray and children become orphaned. If abandonment is your greatest fear in life, make sure to surround yourself with loyal friends and treat them kindly.
Abandonment, a noun meaning "relinquishment," stems from the French abandonnement and was first recorded in the early 17th century. "Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes," said Victor Hugo. He treats a person's survival of abandonment with the utmost respect, perhaps more than that accorded survival of war or other more obvious trials.
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the act of giving something up
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the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away
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types:
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discard, throwing away
getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable
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discard
(cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit
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staging
getting rid of a stage of a multistage rocket
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type of:
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disposal, disposition
the act or means of getting rid of something
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discard, throwing away
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withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility“his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless”
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abscondment, decampment
the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest)
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absence without leave, unauthorized absence
unauthorized military absence
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deviationism
ideological defection from the party line (especially from orthodox communism)
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withdrawal
the act of withdrawing
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abscondment, decampment
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the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
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synonyms:
abandon, unconstraint, wantonness
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type of:
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unrestraint
the quality of lacking restraint
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unrestraint
Vocabulary lists containing abandonment
After being abandoned at a campsite in Maine, eleven-year-old Jack tries to make his way back home to Boston.
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