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the act of abandoning the soldiers were imprisoned for desertion of their posts Synonyms abandonment, dereliction, forsakingRelated Words defection; tergiversation; discard, dumping, jettisoningNear Antonyms retention; recoupment, repossession, retrievalAntonyms reclamation
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