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the act of abandoning
- the soldiers were imprisoned for desertion of their posts
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“Desertion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desertion. Accessed 27 Feb. 2021.
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The first known use of desertion was in 1591
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