Desertion
noun
The act of leaving something or someone without intending to return.
His father left them in a sudden act of desertion.
Often appears as...
- act of desertion
- accused of desertion
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Disapproving
noun
In military terms, the leaving of a post or duty without permission and with no intention of returning.
The soldier was court-martialed for desertion during a time of war.
Often appears as...
- charged with desertion
- court-martial for desertion
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Disapproving
noun
In law, the act of leaving a spouse or children without providing for them.
She filed for divorce on the grounds of desertion.
Often appears as...
- grounds for desertion
- proof of desertion
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Disapproving
noun
The act of leaving something or someone without intending to return.
His father left them in a sudden act of desertion.
Often appears as...
- act of desertion
- accused of desertion
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
In military terms, the leaving of a post or duty without permission and with no intention of returning.
The soldier was court-martialed for desertion during a time of war.
Often appears as...
- charged with desertion
- court-martial for desertion
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
In law, the act of leaving a spouse or children without providing for them.
She filed for divorce on the grounds of desertion.
Often appears as...
- grounds for desertion
- proof of desertion
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Desertion often implies a betrayal or deep disappointment and is emotionally charged.
She couldn't forgive his desertion of the family during tough times.
Pro Tip 2/3Intention Matters
Emphasize that desertion includes the intent not to return, not just leaving temporarily.
When she left the house forever, it was seen as an act of desertion.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Physical
Desertion can describe leaving responsibilities or ideals, not just people or places.
Abandoning their principles felt like a desertion to their cause.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Desertion often implies a betrayal or deep disappointment and is emotionally charged.
She couldn't forgive his desertion of the family during tough times.
Pro Tip 2/3Intention Matters
Emphasize that desertion includes the intent not to return, not just leaving temporarily.
When she left the house forever, it was seen as an act of desertion.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Physical
Desertion can describe leaving responsibilities or ideals, not just people or places.
Abandoning their principles felt like a desertion to their cause.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Desertion often implies a betrayal or deep disappointment and is emotionally charged.
She couldn't forgive his desertion of the family during tough times.
Pro Tip 2/3Intention Matters
Emphasize that desertion includes the intent not to return, not just leaving temporarily.
When she left the house forever, it was seen as an act of desertion.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Physical
Desertion can describe leaving responsibilities or ideals, not just people or places.
Abandoning their principles felt like a desertion to their cause.
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Why do we feel...
Commanders even forbade their soldiers from singing traditional Swiss songs for fear that they'd lead to desertion or suicide. But as migration increased worldwide, nostalgia was observed in various groups. It turned out that anyone separated from their native place for a long time
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Giant Hornets Massacre...
a breach is made in the Yellow Hornets defenses the yellows begin to tear down their own walls in hopeless panic finally their only option is desertion
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Why do we feel...
Commanders even forbade their soldiers from singing traditional Swiss songs for fear that they'd lead to desertion or suicide. But as migration increased worldwide, nostalgia was observed in various groups. It turned out that anyone separated from their native place for a long time
Video examples
Giant Hornets Massacre...
a breach is made in the Yellow Hornets defenses the yellows begin to tear down their own walls in hopeless panic finally their only option is desertion
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Quote examples
Wil S. Hylton
American Journalist
Desertion is the army's dirty little secret. Since the beginning of the Iraq war, more than 20,000 American soldiers have given up the fight. Most of them disappear while at home on leave, fading into a network of family and friends, and the army does not typically chase them down.
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Lysander Spooner
American Philosopher
The desertion of Jesus, by his followers, furnishes an argument in support of the supposition that he attempted to be king of the Jews, rather than that he was a superior being.
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Samuel Butler
British Poet
Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would probably get one.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are denied to us.
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Christian Nestell Bovee
American Author
Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.
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Dorothy Corkille Briggs
Author
The toddler craves independence, but he fears desertion.
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Wil S. Hylton
American Journalist
Desertion is the army's dirty little secret. Since the beginning of the Iraq war, more than 20,000 American soldiers have given up the fight. Most of them disappear while at home on leave, fading into a network of family and friends, and the army does not typically chase them down.
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Lysander Spooner
American Philosopher
The desertion of Jesus, by his followers, furnishes an argument in support of the supposition that he attempted to be king of the Jews, rather than that he was a superior being.
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Samuel Butler
British Poet
Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would probably get one.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are denied to us.
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Christian Nestell Bovee
American Author
Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.
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Dorothy Corkille Briggs
Author
The toddler craves independence, but he fears desertion.
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