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opgivelse — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abandonment noun The act of leaving someone or something behind completely, or the state of having been left that way.
  • despair noun A total loss of hope.

Senses

opgivelse is used for these senses in English:

  • abandonment The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. [Late 16th century.]

abandonment — full definition

  1. noun The act of leaving someone or something behind completely, or the state of having been left that way.
  2. noun In law, the formal giving up of a right, claim, or piece of property.

despair — full definition

  1. noun A total loss of hope.
  2. verb To lose all hope.

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