Abandonment

Definition of abandonment:

part of speech: noun

Desertion; renunciation; state of being given up.

part of speech: noun

Act of abandoning: state of being given up.

part of speech: noun

Total desertion; absence of self- restraint or control.

Usage examples for abandonment:

• Gertrude, indeed, was sensible of a rapidly growing confidence in him and of the abandonment of many long- held ideas. "Prescott of Saskatchewan", Harold Bindloss.

• Therefore none would hint at an abandonment of the search having come thus far, even were he of the mind to run counter to the wish of the young lady from the Castle. "When Ghost Meets Ghost", William Frend De Morgan.

• Another chief item in the reformation of men in that age of improvement was the general abandonment of the drinking habit. "Daybreak: A Romance of an Old World", James Cowan.

• She remembered, with an infinite yet futile wish to recall the moment, how eagerly Sandy had urged the abandonment of these poor possessions, that she might herself mount the horse and ease her bleeding and torn feet. "The Story of Old Fort Loudon", Charles Egbert Craddock.