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desertion

de.ser.tion \di-'z*r-sh*n\ n 1: an act of deserting; esp : the abandonment 
   without consent or le gal justification of a person, post, or relationship 
   and the duties and obligations connected therewith 2: a state of being 
   deserted or forsaken : DESOLATION