meaning of abandonment
1.  The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. 
2.  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. 
3.  The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege, as to mill site, etc. 
4.  The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband, or child; desertion. 
5.  Careless freedom or ease; abandon. 
6.  withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them 
						">penniless"
						 
