Abandonment

noun

1. The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
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. The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author.
5. 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.