DesertionWordNet Explorer

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noun

withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility

Words in this synset: abandonment, defection

noun

the act of withdrawing

noun

the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest)

noun

unauthorized military absence

noun

ideological defection from the party line (especially from orthodox communism)

noun

the act of giving something up

Words in this synset: abandonment, forsaking

noun

the act of rejecting something

noun

abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open)