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desertion
desertion is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses
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- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion.
- 3noun
Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency.
- 4noun
withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
"his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"
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- 5noun
the act of giving something up
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