Definitions of desertion [ɪˈzɜr ʃən]

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Definition of 'desertion'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) desertion
the act of deserting or the state of being deserted.

2. desertion
willful abandonment of a spouse, dependent children, etc., in violation of legal or moral obligations.

Etymology: (1585–95; < L dēsertiō=dēser(ere) (see desert¹) +-tiō -tion)

Definition of 'desertion'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) desertion, abandonment, defection
withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
"his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"

2. (noun) abandonment, forsaking, desertion
the act of giving something up

Definition of 'desertion'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) desertion
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

2. (noun) desertion
the state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion

3. (noun) desertion
abandonment by God; spiritual despondency

Translation of 'desertion'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (an) act of deserting.
Afrikaans: verlaat, wegloop	Arabic: هَجْر، تَرْك	Bulgarian: дезертиране
Brazilian: deserção	Czech: zběhnutí	German: das Verlassen
Danish: desertering; flugt	Greek: εγκατάλειψη, λιποταξία	Spanish: deserción
Estonian: mahajätmine, deserteerimi	Farsi: ترک؛ رهاسازی؛ فرار	Finnish: rintamakarkuruus
French: désertion	Hebrew: נְטִישָׁה, עָרִיקָה	Hindi: त्याग
Croatian: napuštanje, ostavljanje	Hungarian: szökés, dezertálás	Indonesian: desersi
Icelandic: liðhlaup	Italian: diserzione	Japanese: 見捨てること
Korean: 탈주, 도망	Lithuanian: pametimas, dezertyravimas	Latvian: pamešana; dezertēšana
Malay: pengabaian	Dutch: desertie	Norwegian: frafall, svikt; deserteri
Polish: opuszczenie, dezercja	Persian: ترک؛ رهاسازی؛ فرار	Pashto: پریښول
Portuguese: deserção	Romanian: dezertare	Russian: дезертирство
Slovak: dezercia	Slovenian: pobeg	Serbian: napuštanje
Swedish: desertering,övergivande	Thai: การทอดทิ้ง; การหนีทหาร	Turkish: terk etme, bırakıp gitme
Taiwanese: 拋棄	Ukrainian: дезертирство	Urdu: فرار ہونے کا عمل
Vietnamese: sự bỏ mặc; sự đào ngũ	Chinese: 抛弃
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