·noun Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency.
II. Desertion ·noun The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion.
III. Desertion ·noun 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.