Desertion Definition

dĭ-zûrshən
desertions
noun
desertions
The act or an instance of deserting.
American Heritage
A deserting or being deserted.
Webster's New World
The willful abandonment of one's spouse, children, etc.
Webster's New World
The willful, permanent separation of one spouse from the other without acceptable cause or the other's consent, considered as a ground for divorce.
American Heritage
The intentional and indefensible abandonment of a responsibility, such as to military service or to a spouse.
Webster's New World Law
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Other Word Forms of Desertion

Noun

Singular:
desertion
Plural:
desertions

Origin of Desertion

  • From Middle French désertion

    From Wiktionary

Desertion Sentence Examples

  • The New Orleans police department was weakened by desertion.

  • The position was then desperate, wholesale desertion and starvation had decimated the garrison, and three weeks later Ali Riza Pasha, the Turkish commander, was compelled to surrender.

  • Zaki, enraged at his nephews desertion, marched out of Shiraz towards Isfahan.

  • Charles V.'s desertion inclined Henry to listen to the proposals of the threatened Lutheran princes, and the last two years of his reign were marked by a renewed tendency to advance in a Protestant direction.

  • It contains provisions for the partition of booty, punishments for theft, desertion and treachery.

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Words Starting With

DDEDES

Words Ending With

NONION

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