abandonment

abandonment has 8 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 11.

Definitions

• n.. The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
• n.. 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.
• n.. The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege, as to mill site, etc.
• n.. The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband, or child; desertion.
• n.. Careless freedom or ease; abandon.
• n.. withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"
• n.. the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away
• n.. the act of giving something up