abandonment
uh ban duhn muhnt
- n the act of giving something up
- n withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless - n the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away
- Finally, Instone-Brewer tallies four grounds for divorce he finds affirmed in both Old and New Testaments: adultery, emotional and sexual neglect, abandonment (by anyone) and abuse.
- Meanwhile, state fines for abandonment run a lot lower, as little as $100.
- For each abandonment, there are just as many parents who arrive at a safe haven but, in the end, don't leave their child, says Courtney Anderson of the Immanuel Medical Center in .