abandonment
noun/əˈbændənmənt/
/əˈbændənmənt/
[uncountable, countable] (formal)- the act of leaving a person, thing or place with no intention of returning
- their childhood abandonment by their parents
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- the act of giving up an idea or stopping an activity with no intention of returning to it
- the government’s abandonment of its new economic policy
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