Abandonment n. : The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.

Abandonment n. : 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.

Abandonment n. : The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege, as to mill site, etc.

Abandonment n. : The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband, or child; desertion.

Abandonment n. : Careless freedom or ease; abandon.

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Taxonomy
abandonment, intention, common law, law, Abandonment of domicile, Child abandonment, free encyclopedia, claims, desertion, voluntary relinquishment, Abandonment of an easement, landlord, Abandonment of railways, Abandonment of an action, possession, loss, crime, discontinuance.

Defination from the web:
abandonment of it is called taciturnity. ... In marine insurance parlance, abandonment involves the surrender of a ship or goods to the insurer, who becomes the abandonee. ...