abandonment vs shipwreck

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. 

shipwreck

noun
  • destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss 

  • An event where a ship sinks or runs aground. 

  • A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy. 

verb
  • To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap. 

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