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
Synonyms:
- defenselessness
- fatherlessness
- motherlessness
- forsaking
- abandonment
- defection
- divorce
- resignation
- retirement
- relinquishment
- going AWOL
- going back on
- running out on
- decamping
- falling away
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Other Word Forms of Desertion
Noun
Singular:
desertion
Plural:
desertionsOrigin of Desertion
From Middle French désertion
From Wiktionary
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