Abandonment synonyms
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The intentional and indefensible abandonment of a responsibility, such as to military service or to a spouse.
The act of relinquishing something.
repudiation (related)
destruction (related)
The act of a person or branch of government renouncing or abandoning an office, trust, sovereignty, privileges, or duties to which he or she is entitled, holds, or possesses by law.
Abandonment of a right, whether open or tacit, without transferring it to someone else; in criminal law, the total voluntary abandonment of a criminal activity before it is committed with the purpose of foiling that activity.
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An oral or written statement that one is resigning a position or office:
An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
A voluntary relinquishing of a right or privilege. Although a waiver may result from an explicit surrender or by circumstances, courts frown on accepting waivers of constitutional rights. The party waiving a right must have knowledge of that right and the informed intention of surrendering it.
A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. [Early 19th century.]
The quality or state of being incontinent.
Lack of restraint; the quality of being unrestrained.
(Countable, dated) A particular wanton act.
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restraint (related)
Control of the expression of one's feelings; constraint:
The act of defecting from one's country
the act of giving something up
rejection (related)
disintegration (related)
impoverishment (related)
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perpetuation (related)
intensification (related)
dispossession (related)
Relinquishment of an office or function.
The transfer of a title or deed to another, without warranty as to the extent of ownership on the part of the seller.
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