Word Meaning

Meaning of "desertion" and the crossword clue

- Abandonment
- 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.
- The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion.
- Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency.