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Abandonment

/əˈbæn.dn̩.mn̩t/

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

📖 Definitions of "Abandonment"

noun

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
An abandoned building or structure.
"High-profile abandonments are harder to infiltrate for urban explorers due to their heightened security."
4
The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author.

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
forsakingnoun	The act by which somebody is forsaken; an abandonment.
defectionnoun	An act or incidence of defecting.
desertionnoun	The act of deserting.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
forsakingnoun	The act by which somebody is forsaken; an abandonment.
desertionnoun	The act of deserting.
defectionnoun	An act or incidence of defecting.
abdicationnoun	The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
dropoutnoun	Someone who has left an educational institution without completing the course
renouncementnoun	The act of renouncing.
leavernoun	One who leaves.
renunciationnoun	The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.
repealnoun	An act or instance of repealing.
dismissalnoun	Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
resignationnoun	The act of resigning.
abolitionnoun	(historical, often capitalised, UK, US) The ending of the slave trade or of slavery.
leavenoun	Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
quittingnoun	The termination of employment, initiated by the employee.
quitnoun	Any of numerous species of small passerine birds native to tropical America.
discontinuancenoun	The occurrence of something being discontinued; a cessation; an incomplete ending.
disclaimernoun	A public disavowal, as of responsibility, pretensions, claims, opinions, etc.
disengagementnoun	Release or detachment from a physical situation or other involvement.
rejectionnoun	The act of rejecting.
cancellationnoun	The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.