de·sert
de·sert/dəˈzərt/
verb
abandon (a person, cause, or organization) in a way considered disloyal or treacherous.
"we feel our public representatives have deserted us"
synonyms: abandon, leave, give up, cast off, turn one's back on, throw over, betray, jilt, break (up) with, neglect, shun, leave high and dry, leave in the lurch, leave behind, strand, leave stranded, maroon, relinquish, renounce, walk/run out on, rat on, drop, dump, ditch, give someone the push, give someone the big E, bin off, forsake, renege on, repudiate, forswear, wash one's hands of, have no more truck with, have done with, abjure, disavow, apostatize, recant, disprofess, abandoned, forsaken, cast off/aside, thrown over, betrayed, jilted, shunned, neglected, stranded, marooned, relinquished, renounced, forlorn, bereft, dumped, ditched, dropped
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to leave someone without help or in a difficult situation and not come back: He deserted his wife and family for another woman.
1. an act of deserting; especially : the abandonment without consent or legal justification of a person, post, or relationship.
to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another the volunteer became disillusioned with his candidate and deserted to a political rival.
noun · the act of deserting or abandoning or the state of being deserted or abandoned · law wilful abandonment, esp of one's spouse or children, without consent ...
the act of leaving without permission, or without planning to return. Desertion is also the act of leaving someone in a difficult situation or without help.
1. the act of deserting or the state of being deserted 2. Law willful abandonment, esp. of one's wife or husband without consent, in violation of legal or ...
withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility.
Desertion is willful abandonment of a person's duties or obligations, especially to a spouse or child. Some common uses of the term desertion in a legal ...
Desertion is the abandonment of a military duty or post without permission (a pass, liberty or leave) and is done with the intention of not returning.
abandon, desert, forsake mean to leave without intending to return. abandon suggests that the thing or person left may be helpless without protection.