Abandonment
Abandonment (-ment) , noun
[Compare French abandonnement.]
1.
The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
The abandonment of the independence of Europe.
2.
(Mar. Law) 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.
3.
(a) (Commerce Law) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege, as to mill site, etc.
(b)
(Commerce Law) The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband, or child; desertion.
4.
Careless freedom or ease; abandon. [Rare] — Carlyle