| NOUN | act | desertion, abandonment, defection | withdrawing support / support / support or help despite allegiance or responsibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| act | desertion, abandonment, forsaking | the act of giving something up |
| Sounds | dihzer'shahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Withdrawing support / support / support or help despite allegiance or responsibility. | |
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| Synonyms | abandonment, defection | |
| Narrower | abscondment, decampment | The act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest) |
| absence without leave, unauthorized absence | unauthorized military absence | |
| deviationism | Ideological defection from the party line (especially from orthodox communism) | |
| Broader | withdrawal | The act of withdrawing |
| Spanish | abandono, deserción, elusión | |
| Catalan | abandó, abandonament, deserció, elusió | |
| Verbs | desert | leave someone who needs or counts on you |
| Meaning | The act of giving something up. | |
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| Synonyms | abandonment, forsaking | |
| Narrower | apostasy, tergiversation | The act of abandoning a party for cause |
| bolt | A sudden abandonment (as from a political party) | |
| exposure | abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open) | |
| Broader | rejection | The act of rejecting something |
| Spanish | abandono, renuncia | |
| Catalan | abandó, abandonament, renúncia | |
| Verbs | desert | desert (a cause, a country or an army) , often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army |
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