Dictionary Entry
abandonment
abandonment is a 11-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 21 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
- 2noun
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.
- 3noun
The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege, as to mill site, etc.
- 4noun
The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband, or child; desertion.
- 5noun
Careless freedom or ease; abandon.
- 6noun
withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
"his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"
- 7noun
the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away
- 8noun
the act of giving something up
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