Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Desertion \De*ser"tion\ (d[-e]*z[~e]r"sh[u^]n), 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.
[1913 Webster]
Such a resignation would have seemed to his superior
a desertion or a reproach. --Bancroft.
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2. The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in
his desertion.
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3. Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency.
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The spiritual agonies of a soul under desertion.
--South.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
desertion
n 1: withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or
responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children
left them penniless" [syn: {desertion}, {abandonment},
{defection}]
2: the act of giving something up [syn: {abandonment},
{forsaking}, {desertion}]
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