DESERTION

desertion. desertion, a leauing, or forsaking

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desertion. Desertion, n. the act of deserting or forsaking

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De‐ser″tion (dē̍‐zẽr″shŭn), n. [[L. desertio: cf. F. désertion.]] 1. 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. 2. The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion.
3. 3. Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency.
The spiritual agonies of a soul under desertion. South.