Noun
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryPanic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination. Christian Nestell Bovee
Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are denied to us. George Bernard Shaw
Dead of night. No one, nothing but the society of the moments. Each pretends to keep us company, then escapes - desertion after desertion. Emil Cioran
An adversary is more hurt by desertion than by slaughter. (General Maxims) Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
The desertion of Jesus, by his followers, furnishes an argument in support of the supposition that he attempted to be king of the Jews, rather than that he was a superior being. Lysander Spooner
The toddler craves independence, but he fears desertion. Dorothy Corkille Briggs