desertion
Origin of desertion
1Other words from desertion
- pre·de·ser·tion, noun
- self-de·ser·tion, noun
- Compare AWOL.
Words Nearby desertion
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How to use desertion in a sentence
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Want to quit social media? Here’s how to delete your accounts. | David Nield | January 28, 2022 | Popular-ScienceThe dangerous prospects combined with low pay meant that finding crews for the ships was difficult and desertions ahead of launch day were high.
The Hard-Drinking Playboys Who Made Transatlantic Sailing History | Allison McNearney | June 6, 2021 | The Daily BeastWith viral online organizing, the idea of non-desertion agreements could spread quickly.
The United States Needs Corporate 'Loyalty Oaths' | Jonathan Alter | August 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“I, Pvt. Eddie D. Slovik, 36896415, confess to the desertion of the United States Army…” it began.
A general read aloud the order that Pvt. Eddie Slovik was to be executed for the crime of desertion.
His desertion barely warranted a comment, but he was not hailed as a hero.
We Lost Soldiers in the Hunt for Bergdahl, a Guy Who Walked Off in the Dead of Night | Nathan Bradley Bethea | June 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“I believe I am the only colonel in the regular army who was ever court-martialed and convicted of desertion,” he laughed.
To cease living together for the time fixed by statute is not desertion unless this was done intentionally.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney Bollesdesertion is a general ground of divorce, the law in every state prescribing a period of time, quite often three years.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesBut the Emperor could not forgive his desertion, and, thinking he would not benefit by his services, he refused them.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonHave you any plea to urge beyond the natural one of her seemingly unprovoked desertion of you?
The Mayor's Wife | Anna Katherine GreenThe sense of the desertion by humankind, by God and mercy and rationality swept through me and overwhelmed my inner self.
Valley of the Croen | Lee Tarbell
British Dictionary definitions for desertion
/ (dɪˈzɜːʃən) /
the act of deserting or abandoning or the state of being deserted or abandoned
law wilful abandonment, esp of one's spouse or children, without consent and in breach of obligations
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