Found 3 items, similar to desertion.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: desertion desersi, pembelotan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: desertion desertion n 1: withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; “his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless” [syn: abandonment, defection] 2: the act of giving something up [syn: abandonment, forsaking]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Desertion Desertion \De*ser"tion\ (d[-e]*z[~e]r"sh[u^]n), n. [L. desertio: cf. F. d['e]sertion.] 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. [1913 Webster] Such a resignation would have seemed to his superior a desertion or a reproach. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion. [1913 Webster] 3. Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency. [1913 Webster] The spiritual agonies of a soul under desertion. --South. [1913 Webster]