meaning of desertion
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 ones duties willfully and without right; esp. , an absconding from military or naval service.
2. The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion.
3. Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency.
4. withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them
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