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Noun: desertion  di'zur-shun
  1. Withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
    "his desertion of his wife and children left them penniless"
    - abandonment, defection
     
  2. The act of giving something up
    - abandonment, forsaking

Derived forms: desertions

See also: desert

Type of: rejection, withdrawal

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