desertion
di zur shuhn
- n withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
- n the act of giving something up
- In most Western nations divorce is legal on grounds of adultery or desertion; various countries have also permitted divorce for sundry other reasons: attending the theater .
- Presbyterian rule has held that only desertion and adultery are legitimate grounds for divorce.
- The problem of desertion from the ranks has long given the South Vietnamese army nearly as much trouble as the Communist enemy.