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Desertion Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Desertion? [n] withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless" [n] the act of giving something up Synonyms \| Synonyms for Desertion: abandonment \| defection \| forsaking Related Terms \| Find terms related to Desertion: abandonment \| absence without leave \| absquatulation \| apostasy \| atheism \| AWOL \| backsliding \| betrayal \| bolt \| breakaway \| crossing-over \| decampment \| defection \| defenselessness \| degeneration \| dereliction \| deserter \| desolation \| disappearance \| disappearing act \| disloyalty \| elopement \| exit \| faithlessness \| fall from grace \| fatherlessness \| flight \| forlornness \| French leave \| fugitation \| going over \| hasty retreat \| hegira \| helplessness \| homelessness \| impiety \| impiousness \| irreligion \| irreverence \| kithlessness \| lapse \| lapse from grace \| motherlessness \| quick exit \| ratting \| recidivation \| recidivism \| recreancy \| renunciation \| running away \| schism \| scramming \| secession \| skedaddle \| skedaddling \| treason \| turning traitor \| undutifulness \| walkout See Also \| abscondment \| absence without leave \| apostasy \| bolt \| decampment \| deviationism \| exposure \| rejection \| tergiversation \| unauthorized absence \| withdrawal Desertion In Webster's Dictionary \De*ser"tion\, n. [L. desertio: cf. F. d['e]sertion.] 1. The act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty; the quitting of one's duties willfully and without right; esp., an absconding from military or naval service. Such a resignation would have seemed to his superior a desertion or a reproach. --Bancroft. 2. The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion. 3. Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency. The spiritual agonies of a soul under desertion. --South.

Desertion Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Desertion?

[n] withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"
[n] the act of giving something up

Synonyms | Synonyms for Desertion: abandonment | defection | forsaking

Desertion In Webster's Dictionary

\De*ser"tion\, n. [L. desertio: cf. F. d['e]sertion.]
1. The act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a
   service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty;
   the quitting of one's duties willfully and without right;
   esp., an absconding from military or naval service.

         Such a resignation would have seemed to his superior
         a desertion or a reproach.            --Bancroft.

2. The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in
   his desertion.

3. Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency.

         The spiritual agonies of a soul under desertion.
                                               --South.

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