abandonment

CEFRC1

/əˈbæn.d(ə)n.m(ə)nt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The act of leaving someone or something behind.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An abandoned building or structure.

Examples

  • Layla was a teenager and she couldn't handle her abandonment by herself.

  • Yanni needs to get over his fear of abandonment.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /əˈbeə̯n.d(ə)n.m(ə)nt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.

  2. The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.

  3. The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author.

More examples

In context

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:abandonment.

  • High-profile abandonments are harder to infiltrate for urban explorers due to their heightened security.

  • Since he left her, she's suing him for divorce on grounds of abandonment.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from French abandonnement, from abandonner (“to abandon, relinquish”). abandonner was originally equivalent to mettre à bandon (“to leave to the jurisdiction, i.e. of another”), bandon being from Medieval Latin bandum, bannum (“order, decree, ban”). Equivalent to abandon + -ment. (See also English banns.)