Associations to the word «Desertion»

Wiktionary

DESERTION, noun. The act of deserting.

Dictionary definition

DESERTION, noun. Withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless".
DESERTION, noun. The act of giving something up.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche