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ABANDONMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
Example:
his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless
Synonyms:
abandonment; defection; desertion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("abandonment" is a kind of...):
withdrawal (the act of withdrawing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abandonment"):
abscondment; decampment (the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest))
absence without leave; unauthorized absence (unauthorized military absence)
deviationism (ideological defection from the party line (especially from orthodox communism))
Derivation:
abandon (leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("abandonment" is a kind of...):
disposal; disposition (the act or means of getting rid of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abandonment"):
discard; throwing away (getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable)
discard ((cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit)
Derivation:
abandon (forsake, leave behind)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The act of giving something up
Synonyms:
abandonment; desertion; forsaking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("abandonment" is a kind of...):
rejection (the act of rejecting something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abandonment"):
exposure (abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open))
apostasy; tergiversation (the act of abandoning a party for cause)
bolt (a sudden abandonment (as from a political party))
Derivation:
abandon (stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims)
abandon (give up with the intent of never claiming again)
