Desertion

[dɪ'zɜːʃn] or [dɪ'zɝʃən]

Definition

(noun.) withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; 'his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless'.

Edited by Leopold--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion.

(n.) Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency.

Edited by Lizzie

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Abandonment, relinquishment, dereliction.

Edited by Lizzie

Examples

Checker: Percy

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