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abandonment

aban·don·ment

UK/əˈbæn.d(ə)n.m(ə)nt/ US/əˈbeə̯n.d(ə)n.m(ə)nt/ uncommon

noun

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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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3.

the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away

Origin

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.)

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