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Definition of abandonment: 1. Careless freedom or ease; abandon.
2. The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
3. 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.
4. The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege, as to mill site, etc.
5. The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband, or child; desertion.

Synonyms:

wantonness, quitclaim, demission, keep, abandon, waiver, restraint, wildness, forsaking, unrestraint, giving up, incontinence

acceptance, retirement

loneliness, barrenness, desert, bleakness, starkness, emptiness, inhospitability

parting, embarkation, exodus, exit, departure, leave-taking

stoppage, stay, closure, pause, interruption, halt, hiatus, ending, standstill, cessation, termination, discontinuance, end

moroseness, heartlessness, depression, cheerlessness, anguish, despair, dejection, melancholy, downheartedness, hopelessness, glumness, desperation, despondency, gloominess, forlornness, pessimism, dispiritedness, spiritlessness, misery, disheartenment, discouragement

rustiness, disuse, refusal, obsoleteness, desuetude, rejection

renunciation, capitulation, release, disclamation, dereliction

riddance, cancellation, relegation, disposal, dismissal

vacation, discontinuation, desertion, apostasy, abdication, tergiversation, relinquishment, defection, resignation, withdrawal, surrender

retractation, crossing, renouncement, disavowal, about-face, betrayal, backsliding, abnegation, turnabout

expulsion, disallowance, denial, curtailment, ejection, disapproval, eradication, repudiation, blacklisting, exclusion, blackballing, elimination