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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Desertion \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: desertion n 1: withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless" [syn: {abandonment}, {defection}] 2: the act of giving something up [syn: {abandonment}, {forsaking}]
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