abandonnement
See also: abandonnément
French
Etymology
From abandonner (“to give up; to abandon”) + -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.bɑ̃.dɔn.mɑ̃/
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Noun
abandonnement m (plural abandonnements)
- (dated) the act of giving up or surrendering when faced with something
- (dated) Moral neglect
- (dated) the act of abandoning; abandonment
- (dated) the state resulting of such an act
- (law) the transfer of goods or other values in a situation of indivision that allow all owners to receive their share
Usage notes
- In all but the legal sense, abandon is now used instead.
Further reading
- “abandonnement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.