English-Thai Dictionary

desertion

N การทอดทิ้ง  การละทิ้ง  abandonment kan-tod-ting

 

desertion

N การ หนี ทหาร  kan-ne-ta-han

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DESERTION

n. 1. The act of forsaking or abandoning, as a party, a friend, a country, an army or military band, or a ship; the act of quitting, with an intention not to return.
2. The state of being forsaken by God; spiritual despondency.
The agonies of a soul under desertion.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DESERTION

De *ser "tion, n. Etym: [L. desertio: cf. F. désertion.]

 

1. The act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty; the quitting of one's duties willfully and without right; esp. , an absconding from military or naval service. Such a resignation would have seemed to his superior a desertion or a reproach. Bancroft.

 

2. The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion.

 

3. Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency. The spiritual agonies of a soul under desertion. South.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

desertion

de ser tion |dəˈzərSHən dɪˈzɜːrʃn | ▶noun the action of deserting a person, cause, or organization: her mother 's desertion of her family. • Military the action of illegally leaving the armed forces: three officers were shot for desertion | the number of desertions was rising.

 

Oxford Dictionary

desertion

de ¦ser |tion |dɪˈzəːʃn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action of deserting a person, cause, or organization: her guilt over her desertion of her husband. • Military the action of illegally leaving the armed forces: three officers were shot for desertion | [ count noun ] : the number of desertions was rising.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

desertion

desertion noun 1 McKinley's desertion of her family: abandonment, leaving, jilting. 2 the desertion of the president's colleagues: defection; betrayal, renunciation, repudiation, apostasy; formal abjuration. 3 soldiers were prosecuted for desertion: absconding, running away, truancy, going absent without leave, taking French leave, escape; defection, treason; Military going AWOL.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

desertion

desertion noun 1 he petitioned for divorce on the grounds of his wife's desertion: abandonment, leaving, forsaking; betrayal, neglect, shunning; stranding, jilting; relinquishment, renunciation. 2 the desertion of the president's closest colleagues: defection, reneging, betrayal; renunciation, repudiation, forswearing, relinquishment, abjuration; apostasy. 3 soldiers were executed for desertion: absconding, running away, decamping, flight, fleeing, flying, bolting, turning tail, truancy, going absent without leave, taking French leave, departure, escape, dereliction; defection, treason, betrayal, cowardice; informal going AWOL.

 

Duden Dictionary

Desertion

De ser ti on Substantiv, feminin Militär , die |Deserti o n |die Desertion; Genitiv: der Desertion, Plural: die Desertionen französisch désertion < lateinisch desertio das Desertieren

 

French Dictionary

désertion

désertion n. f. nom féminin 1 Action de déserter, de quitter l ’armée sans autorisation. : La désertion peut entraîner une condamnation. SYNONYME défection . 2 figuré Abandon (d ’une cause, d ’un parti, etc. ). : « Tout départ, étant donné notre petit nombre, était ressenti comme une désertion, un abandon de la cause » (Gabrielle Roy , La Détresse et l ’Enchantement ). SYNONYME reniement . Prononciation Le t se prononce s, [dezɛrsjɔ̃ ] Note Orthographique dé s er t ion.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

desertion

de ser tion /dɪzə́ː r ʃ (ə )n /名詞 U C 1 逃亡 ; (兵の )脱走, 脱艦 ; 職場放棄 ; 脱党 .2 〘法 〙妻子不法遺棄 .3 捨て去る [去られる ]こと, (義務などの )不法な放棄 .