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Rejection vs Abandonment - What's the difference?

rejection | abandonment |

As nouns the difference between rejection and abandonment

is that rejection is the act of rejecting while abandonment is the act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.

rejection

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of rejecting.
  • The state of being rejected.
  • (sports) a blocked shot
  • Derived terms

    * rejection letter

    abandonment

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • Since he left her, she's suing him for divorce on grounds of abandonment .
  • An abandoned building or structure.
  • High-profile abandonments are harder to infiltrate for urban explorers due to their heightened security.
  • (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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  • Synonyms

    * (careless freedom) nonchalance

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