# abandonment

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈbæn.d(ə)n.m(ə)nt/ · frequency rank #17,065

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French abandonnement, from abandonner (“to abandon, relinquish”). abandonner was originally equivalent to mettre à bandon (“to leave to the jurisdiction, i.e. of another”), bandon being from Medieval Latin bandum, bannum (“order, decree, ban”). Equivalent to abandon + -ment. (See also English banns.)

## Common misspellings (17)
`aabndonment`, `abadnonment`, `abanddonment`, `abandnoment`, `abandomnent`, `abandonemnt`, `abandonmennt`, `abandonmentt`, `abandonmetn`, `abandonmment`, `abandonmnet`, `abandonnment`, `abanndonment`, `abanodnment`, `abbandonment`, `abnadonment`, `baandonment`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/abandonment