遺い棄き

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

abandonment; desertion

Formal or legal term for abandoning a person, animal, object, or duty. Often used in compound nouns like 遺棄罪 (crime of abandonment) or 死体遺棄 (abandonment of a corpse).

• 飼かい主ぬしが犬いぬを遺い棄きする事じ件けんが増ふえている。

  Cases of owners abandoning their dogs are increasing.