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abandonment

English

  1. 🔊 the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away
  2. 🔊 the act of giving something up
  3. 🔊 withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
    “his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 abandonamiento abandonment
  2. 🔊 abandono abandonment
  3. 🔊 dejación abandonment
  4. 🔊 arrinconamiento abandonment, neglect

Similar words

desertion defection forsaking desertion