DESERTION
\dɪzˈɜːʃən], \dɪzˈɜːʃən], \d_ɪ_z_ˈɜː_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of DESERTION
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- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Noah Webster.
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The voluntary abandonment of one spouse by the other, without the abandoned spouse's consent. Commonly, desertion occurs when a spouse leaves the marital home for a specified length of time. Desertion is a grounds for divorce in states with fault divorce.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
