abandonment

noun9

1. •
   The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
2. •
   The 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. •
   The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author.
4. •
   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.
5. •
   The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
6. •
   A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
7. •
   The self-surrender to an outside influence.
8. •
   Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions.

   • Roger, in terms of the strengths he brought to the band, was wild abandonment. So if Howard was in the pocket, Roger was bouncing off the walls, and Nancy was somewhere in the middle. — 2008
9. •
   An abandoned building or structure.

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