noun. undefined

noun. The act or an instance of deserting.

noun. The state of being deserted.

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noun. Willful abandonment of a spouse or child owed a duty of support.

noun. The willful, permanent separation of one spouse from the other without acceptable cause or the other's consent, considered as a ground for divorce.

noun. In botany Same as lipoxeny.

noun. The act of forsaking or abandoning, as a party, a friend, a cause, or the post of duty; the act of quitting without leave, and with an intention not to return.

noun. The state of being deserted or forsaken.

noun. The state of being forsaken by God; spiritual despondency.

noun. In law, a wilful abandonment of an employment or a duty, in violation of a legal or moral obligation. Bigelow, Ch. J.

noun. 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.

noun. The state of being forsaken; desolation.

noun. Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency.

noun. The act of deserting.

noun. withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility

noun. the act of giving something up

"Never was the _honour_, the _principles_, the policy of a nation so grossly abused as in the desertion of those men, who are now exposed to _every punishment_ that _desertion_ and _poverty_ can inflict, _because they were not rebels_. ""

desertion of the diet  

Cistercian  assertion  coercion  exertion  insertion  

abandonment  adultery  apostasy  betrayal  bigamy  

AWOL  French leave  abandonment  absence without leave  absquatulation