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abandonment

noun

aban·​don·​ment ə-ˈban-dən-mənt How to pronounce abandonment (audio)
1
: the act of abandoning something or someone
In its family and social contexts, he argues, the abandonment of children was, if not a "good thing," at least the most feasible means of family limitation during the many centuries when other methods were largely ineffective or, in the case of Christians, prohibited. Mary Martin McLaughlin
2
: the state of being abandoned
fear of abandonment
The opulence of her life as an expat wife failed to soothe her feelings of abandonment, boredom and oppression. Bob Shacochis
sometimes used before another noun
abandonment issues

Word History

First Known Use

1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of abandonment was in 1593

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