abandonment
abandonment is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Mar. Law) 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.
- 2.(Com. Law) (a) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege, as to mill site, etc. (b) The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband, or child; desertion.
- 3.Careless freedom or ease; abandon. [R.] Carlyle.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abandon
- abdicant
- abdicate
- abdication
- abjuration
- abjure
- abrogate
- abrogation
- accept
- all
- apart
- argument
- aside
- avast
- away
- back
- behind
- bid
- break
- cast
- cave
- cease
- cede
- cessation
- cession
- course
- culls
- day
- deed
- defection
- deny
- depart
- derelict
- dereliction
- desert
- desertion
- desist
- desuetude
- disburden
- discard
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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