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Abandonment

Noun

Définitions

1.NounThe act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2.NounThe voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.
"Since he left her, she's suing him for divorce on grounds of abandonment."
3.NounAn abandoned building or structure.
"High-profile abandonments are harder to infiltrate for urban explorers due to their heightened security."
4.NounThe relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author.
5.NounThe 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.
6.NounThe cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
7.NounA refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
8.NounThe self-surrender to an outside influence.
9.NounAbandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions.
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