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abbandono

abandonment, desertion

noun ahb-bahn-DOH-noh Rare
Mind & Emotions Emotions

Origin: From Old French abandonner, from a bandon (at the disposal of).

Also means

neglect, surrender

Usage Note

Abbandono covers both physical desertion (abbandono del veicolo — vehicle abandonment) and emotional: senso di abbandono (feeling of abandonment). The phrase in stato di abbandono means in a state of neglect, commonly said of buildings. The legal term abbandono del domicilio coniugale (desertion of the marital home) was formerly grounds for separation.

Examples

"Il palazzo è in stato di abbandono da anni."

Natural Translation

The building has been in a state of neglect for years.

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