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desertion
 
Noun desertion has 2 senses
  1. desertion, abandonment, defection - withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"
    --1 is a kind of withdrawal
    --1 has particulars:
     abscondment, decampment; absence without leave, unauthorized absence; deviationism
    Derived form: verb desert1
  2. abandonment, forsaking, desertion - the act of giving something up
    --2 is a kind of rejection
    --2 has particulars: exposure; apostasy, tergiversation; bolt
    Derived form: verb desert2
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