What is the difference between abandonable and abandonment?
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Able to be abandoned; suitable for abandonment.
The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
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The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.
An abandoned building or structure.
(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.
(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.
The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
The self-surrender to an outside influence.
Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions.
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Abandonment is a related term of abandonable.
As an adjective abandonable
is able to be abandoned; suitable for abandonment.As a noun abandonment is
the act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.abandonable
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Adjective
(en adjective)- In place of this distinction he suggests a gradation of more or less readily abandonable sentences... — PJ Sheehan
abandonment
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Noun
(en noun)- Since he left her, she's suing him for divorce on grounds of abandonment .
- High-profile abandonments are harder to infiltrate for urban explorers due to their heightened security.
