Lifestyle / Adoption / Abandonment: Desertion of a child by a parent or adult primary caregiver with no provisions for continued childcare nor with any apparent intention to return to resume caregiving.
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Business / Finance / Abandonment Option: The option of terminating an investment earlier than originally planned. MORE
Entertainment / Music / Atonality: Total abandonment of tonality (centering in a key). Atonal music moves from one level of dissonance to another, without areas of relaxation. MORE
Health / Disease / Great Stink: (1858) The Great Stink or The Big Stink was a time in the summer of 1858 during which the smell of untreated sewage almost caused the abandonment of the biggest city in the world. MORE
Business / Agriculture / Harvested Acres: The cropland actually harvested for a particular crop, usually somewhat smaller at the national level than planted acres due to weather damage or abandonment because of low market prices. MORE