棄き捐えん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

donation; abandonment

Rare literary term for giving something away or casting it aside. In modern Japanese, 寄付 is used for donation and 放棄 for abandonment.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、財ざい産さんの棄き捐えんという表ひょう現げんが見みられる。

  In old documents, the expression 棄捐 of property can be seen.

• 彼かれは全ぜん財ざい産さんを棄き捐えんして出しゅっ家けしたと伝つたえられる。

  It is said that he abandoned all his wealth and entered the priesthood.