- desertion, abandonment, defection - withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"
--1 is a kind of withdrawal
--1 has particulars:abscondment, decampment; absence without leave, unauthorized absence; deviationism Derived form: verb desert1 - abandonment, forsaking, desertion - the act of giving something up
--2 is a kind of rejection
--2 has particulars: exposure; apostasy, tergiversation; boltDerived form: verb desert2