abandonment

/əˈbæn.d(ə)n.m(ə)nt/noun
Middle School
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.

3

An abandoned building or structure.

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.

5

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.

6

The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.

7

A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.

8

The self-surrender to an outside influence.

9

Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions.

Sound Patterns & Rhymes

Alliteration

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Assonance

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Consonance

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