abandonableadj.
/əˈband(ə)nəbl/, U.S. /əˈbændənəbəl/ Capable of being abandoned.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Cessible, yeeldable, resignable, abandonnable.
1631 R. Bolton Instr. Right Comf. Affl. Consciences 223 In a true Penitent, there ought to bee an utter cessation from all grosse abandonable sinnes.
1787 J. St. John Appendix 6 in Observ. Law Revenue of Crown The three principal arguments made use of to maintain commons..are pillars that support many abandonable customs.
1884 Rep. Cases Supreme Court Nova Scotia 3 111 The vessel was not abandonable at the time the notice was given.
1922 Minnesota Law Rev. 6 151 An equitable right to specific performance is abandonable..mere lapse of time will not amount to waiver or abandonment.
1970 Jrnl. Aesthetic Educ. 4 26 The avant-gardist is forced, by this dynamic, into becoming a ceaseless inventor of quickly abandonable infidelities.
2002 M. Lee in J. McGoldrick et al. Understanding Human Developm. 27 Is the research plan fixed and rigid, or flexible and abandonable?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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- cellar plate
- carriage hire
- carriage horse
- carriage house
- carriage lady
- carriage lamp
- carriage lock
- carriage lubricator
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- carriage man
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- carriage of respect
- carriage painter
- carriage piece
- carriage place
- carriage pole
- carriage release
- carriage release lever
- carriage return
- carriage ride
- carriage road
- carriage rug
- carriage spring
- carriage starter