Associations to the word «Desertion»
Noun
- Loss
- Fatigue
- Disease
- Misery
- Illness
- Kinsman
- Disappearance
- Chevalier
- Firing
- Mate
- Particular
- Lash
- Tenderness
- Amnesty
- Defeat
- Death
- Ground
- Recruit
- Skirmish
- Wife
- Grief
- Convict
- Departure
- Detachment
- Emigration
- Volunteer
- Officer
- Spite
- Failing
- Caesar
- Distress
- War
- Circumstance
- Pay
- Antoine
- Eddie
- Shame
- Decree
- Fraud
- Sorrow
- Bourbon
- Agony
- Conduct
- Fate
- Peasant
- Taking
- Discretion
- Poverty
- Chaplain
- Bitterness
- Cavalry
- Comte
- Berg
- Rebel
- Battle
- Desert
- Plea
- Court
- Offspring
- Affection
- Bulk
- Wound
- Pension
- Consequence
Adjective
Verb
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
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.