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1. The act of giving something up
   - forsaking, desertion
    
2. Withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
   "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless";
   - desertion, defection
    
3. The voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away

Derived forms: abandonments

Type of: disposal, disposition, rejection, withdrawal

Encyclopedia: Abandonment