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n The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. (defdate|Late 16th century.)(reference-book | last =| first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor =Brown, Lesley | others = | title = The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary | origdate = | origyear = 1933| origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = 5th | date = | year =2003| month = | publisher =Oxford University Press | location =Oxford, UK | language = | id = | doi = | isbn =978-0-19-860575-7 | lccn = | ol = | pages =2| chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =)
n The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.
n (context|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. (defdate|Early 19th century.)
n (context|legal) 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. (defdate|Early 19th century.)
n The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
n The self-surrender to an outside influence. (defdate|Mid 19th century.)
n abandon | Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions. (defdate|Mid 19th century.)