abandonment

Definitions

• The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
• The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.
• An abandoned building or structure.
• (legal) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author.
• (legal) 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.
• The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
• A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
• The self-surrender to an outside influence.
• Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions.