Desertion

Definition:

  • (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 his desertion.
  • (n.) Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency.

Compare desertion with other words:

desert vs. desertion

deserter vs. desertion

abandonment vs. desertion