Asking for fresh abandonment (9)
I believe the answer is:
forsaking
'abandonment' is the definition.
(I know that abandonment can be written as forsaking)
'asking for fresh' is the wordplay.
'fresh' is an anagram indicator (a fresh re-ordering of the letters).
'asking'+'for'='askingfor'
'askingfor' anagrammed gives 'FORSAKING'.
(Other definitions for forsaking that I've seen before include "Giving up, withdrawing from" , "Abandoning, giving up" .)