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The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
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The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.
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Since he left her, she's suing him for divorce on grounds of abandonment.
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An abandoned building or structure.
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High-profile abandonments are harder to infiltrate for urban explorers due to their heightened security.
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The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author.
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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.
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The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
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A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
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The self-surrender to an outside influence.
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Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions.