Look up: Desertion

1. desertion
   [n] - withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
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2. Desertion
   De·ser'tion (de*zẽr'shŭn) noun [ Latin desertio : confer French désertion .] 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 dutie...
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3. desertion
   abandonment 1 defection noun withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; `his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless`
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4. Desertion
   • (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...
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5. desertion
   (from the article `Vietnam War`) ...of the U.S. military effort in Vietnam. From 1965 to 1973, more than 30,000 U.S. military personnel either in Vietnam or in service related to ...
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6. desertion
   desertion 1. The act of deserting or the state of being deserted. 2. In law, willful abandonment; especially, of one's wife or husband without consent, in violation of legal or moral obligations. 3. An unauthorized act of leaving military service or duty with the intention of not returning.
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7. desertion
   desertion, in law, the forsaking of a station involving public or social duties without justification and with the intention of not returning. In military law, it is the abandonment of (or failure to arrive at) a place of duty without leave; in time of war, especially in the face of the enemy, deser...
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8. Desertion
   An offence which consists in the abandonment of the public service, in the army or navy, without leave.
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9. Desertion
   n. The act of discarding. For instance, leaving one's spouse without intending to return. When the deserter is the family breadwinner, it is expected that they will not return to support the family that he/she left. In an era of no-fault divorce and standardized child support rights, desertion if le...
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10. Desertion
    In military terminology, `desertion` is the abandonment of a "duty" or post without permission and is done with the intention of not returning. "Absence Without Leave" (AWOL) can refer to either desertion or a temporary absence. Absence without leave : In the United Kingdom, Unit...
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