Meaning of abandon | Babel Free

Definitions

1. the right to, under certain circumstances, waive ownership of an insured ship or cargo to the insurer and claim compensation for total loss
   masculine
2. indifference
   masculine, obsolete

Examples

“[Botten Hansen] skrev med saa stor abandon, at mere end een troskyldig læser indigneredes paa hans vegne”

[Botten Hansen] wrote with such great abandon that more than one innocent reader was indignant on his behalf

“den evige varme pludringen hos denne damen, med intelligente smaa «abandoner» i tanken, denne uendelige «bjerg- og dalbane» i tanken”

the eternal hot chatter of this lady, with intelligent little "abandons" in the tank, this endless "roller coaster" in the tank