DESERTION

• (noun) withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility

  "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"

  synonyms : abandonment , defection

  Customer defection rates in the mobile telecoms sector stand at 33.4 % in 2005, compared to 15.5 % in 2003. -added by nithi

  
  -tagged by Administrator
  Someone abandoned their child on the ruins!!

• (noun) the act of giving something up

  synonyms : abandonment , forsaking

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