To the land, she had given her mind and heart with the abandonment that she had found disastrous in any human relation.
Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow, Barren Ground
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Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
— the act of abandoning something or someone
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Collins
— The abandonment of a place, thing, or person is the act of leaving it permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
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Usage
1 use of ‘abandonment’ in Barren Ground, by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow