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abandonment noun

  /əˈbæn.dn̩.mn̩t/
  • (legal) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author. [Early 19th century.]
 abandonnement, afstand, het afstand doen van, het prijsgeven, opgave, overgave
  • The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.
 achterlating, het in de steek laten, het laten zitten van, verlating, veronachtzaming, verwaarlozing
  • The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. [Late 16th century.]
 achterlating, in de steek laten, verlating
  • Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions. [Mid 19th century.]
 nonchalence, ongedwongenheid, uitbundigheid
  • A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
 vrachtweigering

abandon verb

  /əˈbæn.dən/
  • (transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
 achterlaten, verlaten, afstand doen, afzien, begeven, in de steek laten
  • (transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
 opgeven, prijsgeven
  • (transitive) To leave behind; to desert, as in a ship, a position, or a person, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
 afstand doen, afzien, terugnemen
  • (transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.]
 afwijzen, verbannen, verwerpen

abandon noun

  /əˈbæn.dən/
  • A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. [Early 19th century.]
 ongedwongenheid

abandoned adjective

  /əˈbæn.dn̩d/
  • (geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.
 geologisch stabiel
  • No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted. [Late 15th century]
 in de steek gelaten, verlaten
  • Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked. [First attested from 1350 to 1470]
 liederlijk, schaamteloos, verdorven
  • Free from constraint; uninhibited. [Late 17th century]
 ongeremd

abandonable adjective

  • Able to be abandoned; suitable for abandonment.
 opgeefbaar
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