noun · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/əˈbæn.d(ə)n.m(ə)nt/without æ-raising
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/əˈbeə̯n.d(ə)n.m(ə)nt/æ-raising
/əˈbɛə̯n.d(ə)n.m(ə)nt/æ-raising
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Since he left her, she's suing him for divorce on grounds of abandonment.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
An abandoned building or structure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
High-profile abandonments are harder to infiltrate for urban explorers due to their heightened security.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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8
noun
Meaning 8
The self-surrender to an outside influence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
For quotations using this term, see Citations:abandonment.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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10
noun
Meaning 10
withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: desertion, defection
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: withdrawal
Narrower terms: abscondment, decampment, absence without leave, unauthorized absence, deviationism
11
noun
Meaning 11
the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disposal, disposition
Narrower terms: discard, throwing away
12
noun
Meaning 12
the act of giving something up
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Borrowed from French abandonnement, from abandonner (“to abandon, relinquish”). abandonner was originally equivalent to mettre à bandon (“to leave to the jurisdiction, i.e. of another”), bandon being from Medieval Latin bandum, bannum (“order, decree, ban”). Equivalent to abandon + -ment. (See also English banns.)
Across languages
Translations
130 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
هِجْرَان
(hijrān)
— act of abandoning
Arabic:
هُجْرَان
(hujrān)
— act of abandoning
Arabic:
هَجْر
(hajr)
— act of abandoning
Asturian:
abandonu
— act of abandoning
Bulgarian:
напускане
(napuskane)
— act of abandoning
Bulgarian:
изоставяне
(izostavjane)
— act of abandoning
Catalan:
abandó
— act of abandoning
Czech:
opuštění
— act of abandoning
Danish:
opgivelse
— act of abandoning
Dutch:
achterlating
— act of abandoning
Dutch:
verlating
— act of abandoning
Dutch:
in de steek laten
— act of abandoning
Esperanto:
dezerteco
— act of abandoning
Esperanto:
natureco
— act of abandoning
Finnish:
hylkääminen
— act of abandoning
Finnish:
heitteillepano
— act of abandoning
French:
désertion
— act of abandoning
Galician:
abandono
— act of abandoning
Georgian:
მიტოვება
(miṭoveba)
— act of abandoning
German:
Überlassen
— act of abandoning
German:
Aufgabe
— act of abandoning
German:
Preisgabe
— act of abandoning
Gothic:
𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌻𐌴𐍄
(fairlēt)
— act of abandoning
Greek:
απάρνηση
(apárnisi)
— act of abandoning
Greek:
εγκατάλειψη
(egkatáleipsi)
— act of abandoning
Hebrew:
נטישה
(netishá)
— act of abandoning
Hebrew:
הפקרה
(hafkará)
— act of abandoning
Interlingua:
abandono
— act of abandoning
Interlingua:
abandonamento
— act of abandoning
Irish:
tréigean
— act of abandoning
Italian:
abbandono
— act of abandoning
Japanese:
放棄
(hōki)
— act of abandoning
Korean:
포기
(pogi)
— act of abandoning
Macedonian:
напуштање
(napuštanje)
— act of abandoning
Maltese:
abbandun
— act of abandoning
Manx:
treigeilys
— act of abandoning
Manx:
faagailys
— act of abandoning
Manx:
lhiggey lesh
— act of abandoning
Māori:
mahuetanga
— act of abandoning
Māori:
whakarerenga
— act of abandoning
Mirandese:
abandono
— act of abandoning
Norwegian Bokmål:
oppgivelse
— act of abandoning
Norwegian Bokmål:
abandonering
— act of abandoning
Norwegian Nynorsk:
oppgjeving
— act of abandoning
Polish:
abandon
— act of abandoning
Portuguese:
abandono
— act of abandoning
Portuguese:
desolação
— act of abandoning
Romagnol:
abandôn
— act of abandoning
Romanian:
abandonare
— act of abandoning
Romanian:
abandon
— act of abandoning
Romanian:
renunțare
— act of abandoning
Russian:
оставле́ние
(ostavlénije)
— act of abandoning
Russian:
отка́з
(otkáz)
— act of abandoning
Sanskrit:
त्यजस्
(tyajas)
— act of abandoning
Spanish:
abandono
— act of abandoning
Spanish:
desamparo
— act of abandoning
Spanish:
dejación
— act of abandoning
Spanish:
abandonamiento
— act of abandoning
Swedish:
övergivande
— act of abandoning
Tagalog:
pagpapabayâ
— act of abandoning
Telugu:
విడచివేయటం
(viḍacivēyaṭaṁ)
— act of abandoning
Ukrainian:
відмо́ва
(vidmóva)
— act of abandoning
Yiddish:
אַוועקוואַרפֿונג
(avekvarfung)
— act of abandoning
Dutch:
abandonnement
— maritime law: relinquishment of a property to underwriters
Dutch:
overlating
— maritime law: relinquishment of a property to underwriters
Finnish:
luovuttaminen
— maritime law: relinquishment of a property to underwriters
Finnish:
luovutus
— maritime law: relinquishment of a property to underwriters
Interlingua:
abandonamento
— maritime law: relinquishment of a property to underwriters
Irish:
tréigean
— maritime law: relinquishment of a property to underwriters
Italian:
rinuncia
— maritime law: relinquishment of a property to underwriters
Norwegian Bokmål:
abandon
— maritime law: relinquishment of a property to underwriters
Romanian:
renunțare
— maritime law: relinquishment of a property to underwriters
Romanian:
abandonare
— maritime law: relinquishment of a property to underwriters
Russian:
абандо́н
(abandón)
— maritime law: relinquishment of a property to underwriters
Ukrainian:
абандо́н
(abandón)
— maritime law: relinquishment of a property to underwriters
Dutch:
opgave
— relinquishment of a right, claim or privilege
Dutch:
afstand
— relinquishment of a right, claim or privilege
Dutch:
overgave
— relinquishment of a right, claim or privilege
Dutch:
overlating
— relinquishment of a right, claim or privilege
Dutch:
het prijsgeven
— relinquishment of a right, claim or privilege
Dutch:
het afstand doen van
— relinquishment of a right, claim or privilege
Finnish:
luopuminen
— relinquishment of a right, claim or privilege
Hebrew:
ויתור
(vitúr)
— relinquishment of a right, claim or privilege
Irish:
tréigean
— relinquishment of a right, claim or privilege
Italian:
rinuncia
— relinquishment of a right, claim or privilege
Japanese:
放棄
(hōki)
— relinquishment of a right, claim or privilege
Norwegian Bokmål:
abandon
— relinquishment of a right, claim or privilege
Norwegian Bokmål:
dereliksjon
— relinquishment of a right, claim or privilege
Russian:
отка́з
(otkáz)
— relinquishment of a right, claim or privilege
Swedish:
uppgivande
— relinquishment of a right, claim or privilege
Tocharian B:
rilläññe
— relinquishment of a right, claim or privilege
Ukrainian:
абандон
(abandon)
— relinquishment of a right, claim or privilege
Dutch:
achterlating
— voluntary leaving of a person
Dutch:
verlating
— voluntary leaving of a person
Dutch:
verwaarlozing
— voluntary leaving of a person
Dutch:
veronachtzaming
— voluntary leaving of a person
Dutch:
het in de steek laten
— voluntary leaving of a person
Dutch:
het laten zitten van
— voluntary leaving of a person
Finnish:
hylkääminen
— voluntary leaving of a person
Hebrew:
עזיבה
(azivá)
— voluntary leaving of a person
Interlingua:
abandono
— voluntary leaving of a person
Interlingua:
abandonamento
— voluntary leaving of a person
Irish:
tréigean
— voluntary leaving of a person
Italian:
abbandono
— voluntary leaving of a person
Norwegian Bokmål:
forlatelse
— voluntary leaving of a person
Norwegian Bokmål:
abandonering
— voluntary leaving of a person
Russian:
оставле́ние
(ostavlénije)
— voluntary leaving of a person
Russian:
покида́ние
(pokidánije)
— voluntary leaving of a person
Swedish:
övergivande
— voluntary leaving of a person
Ukrainian:
залишення
(zalyšennja)
— voluntary leaving of a person
Finnish:
lakkauttaminen
— cessation of service
French:
désertion
— cessation of service
Hebrew:
הפסקת פעילות
(hafsakát peilút)
— cessation of service
Italian:
rinuncia
— cessation of service
Italian:
abbandono
— cessation of service
Norwegian Bokmål:
opphør
— cessation of service
Dutch:
vrachtweigering
— refusal to receive freight
Finnish:
palautus
— refusal to receive freight
Finnish:
palauttaminen
— refusal to receive freight
