different between abandonment vs faustian

English

Etymology

From French abandonnement, from abandonner (“to abandon, relinquish”). abandonner was originally equivalent to mettre à bandon (“to leave to the jurisdiction, i.e. of another”), bandon being from Medieval Latin bandum, bannum (“order, decree, ban”). Equivalent to abandon +? -ment. (See also English banns.)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??bæn.dn?.mn?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??bæn.dn?.mn?t/

Noun

abandonment (countable and uncountable, plural abandonments)

1. The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. [Late 16^th century.]
2. The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.

   Since he left her, she's suing him for divorce on grounds of abandonment.

3. An abandoned building or structure.

   High-profile abandonments are harder to infiltrate for urban explorers due to their heightened security.

4. (law) 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 19^th century.]
5. (law) 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. [Early 19^th century.]
6. The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
7. A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
8. The self-surrender to an outside influence. [Mid 19^th century.]
9. Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions. [Mid 19^th century.]

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Related terms

• abandonable
• abandoned
• abandonee
• abandoner

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References

Further reading

• abandonment at OneLook Dictionary Search
• abandonment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.