Noun
The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
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 relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege, as to mill site, etc.
The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband, or child; desertion.
Careless freedom or ease; abandon.
Source: Webster's dictionaryShall I tell you of their plundering, their covetousness, their abandonment of the poor, their thefts, their cheating in trade? John Chrysostom
Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature. Orson Welles
The essence of the Liberal outlook lies not in what opinions are held, but in how they are held instead of being held dogmatically, they are held tentatively, and with a consciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead to their abandonment. Bertrand Russell
The concentration camp is the final expression of human separateness and its ultimate consequence. It is organized abandonment. Arthur Miller
Men of science have made abundant mistakes of every kind; their knowledge has improved only because of their gradual abandonment of ancient errors, poor approximations, and premature conclusions. George Sarton
There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as the result of voluntary abandonment of further credit expansion, or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved. Ludwig von Mises