English-Thai Dictionary

abandonment

N การทอดทิ้ง  การละทิ้ง  การสละ  desertion defection kan-tod-ting

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ABANDONMENT

n. 1. A total desertion; a state of being forsaken.
2. In commerce, the relinquishing to underwriters all the property saved from loss by shipwreck, capture or other peril stated in the policy. This abandonment must be made before the insured can demand indemnification for a total loss.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ABANDONMENT

A *ban "don *ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. abandonnement.]

 

1. The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. The abandonment of the independence of Europe. Burke.

 

2. (Mar. Law )

 

Defn: 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. (Com. Law )

 

Defn: (a ) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege, as to mill site, etc. (b ) The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband, or child; desertion.

 

4. Careless freedom or ease; abandon. [R.] Carlyle.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

abandonment

a ban don ment |əˈbandənmənt əˈbændənmənt | ▶noun the action or fact of abandoning or being abandoned: she had a feeling of utter abandonment and loneliness.

 

Oxford Dictionary

abandonment

aban ¦don |ment |əˈbandənm (ə )nt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action or fact of abandoning or being abandoned: she had a feeling of utter abandonment and loneliness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

abandonment

abandonment noun 1 she will be charged with child abandonment: desertion, neglect, stranding; jilting, betrayal. 2 the buildings were used as rubbish pits after abandonment: disuse, evacuation, neglect. 3 abandonment of the reform plan would probably result in hyperinflation: renunciation, relinquishment, rejection, withdrawal, dropping, cessation, discontinuation, termination, stopping, surrender, dispensation. ANTONYMS adoption.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

abandonment

a b á n don ment 名詞 U ｟かたく ｠1 放棄 ; 見捨て (られ )ること ; 投げやり .2 断念, 中断, 中止 .