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Desertion

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abandonmentnounThe act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
forsakingnounThe act by which somebody is forsaken; an abandonment.
defectionnounAn act or incidence of defecting.

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abandonmentnounThe act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
forsakingnounThe act by which somebody is forsaken; an abandonment.
defectionnounAn act or incidence of defecting.
abandonnounA yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. (Now especially in the phrase with abandon.)
dropoutnounSomeone who has left an educational institution without completing the course
leavernounOne who leaves.
renunciationnounThe act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.
quittingnounThe termination of employment, initiated by the employee.
discontinuancenounThe occurrence of something being discontinued; a cessation; an incomplete ending.
quitnounAny of numerous species of small passerine birds native to tropical America.
discontinuationnounThe act of stopping producing or supplying a product.
relinquishmentnounThe act of relinquishing something.
cessationnoun(formal) A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.
depopulationnounThe act of depopulating or condition of being depopulated; the destruction or expulsion of inhabitants.
departurenounThe act of departing or something that has departed.
escapenounThe act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
surrendernounAn act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
withdrawalnounA type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance (such as a drug) on which a patient is dependent is withheld.
desertnounA barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
neglectnounThe act of neglecting.

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