abandonment.

The withdrawal of care, presence, or effort from someone or something.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• abandonment of a plan
• fear of abandonment

On the page

The letter records the abandonment of the project.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.