abandonment vs arrival

abandonment

noun
  • The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. 

  • The self-surrender to an outside influence. 

  • Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions. 

  • The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against. 

  • A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value. 

  • The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion. 

  • An abandoned building or structure. 

  • The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author. 

  • The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency. 

arrival

noun
  • The act of arriving (reaching a certain place). 

  • The fact of beginning to occur; the initial phase of something. 

  • The attainment of an objective, especially as a result of effort. 

  • A person who has arrived; a thing that has arrived. 

  • The fact of reaching a particular point in time. 

How often have the words abandonment and arrival occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )