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Leave :: Leave (v.) To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish..

Transfugitive :: Transfugitive (n.) One who flees from one side to another; hence, a deserter; a turncoat; an apostate..

Forsake :: Forsake (v. t.) To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity..

Desertion :: Desertion (n.) The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion..

Ratter :: Ratter (n.) One who, or that which, rats, as one who deserts his party..

Forsaker :: Forsaker (n.) One who forsakes or deserts.

Desertrix :: Desertrix (n.) Alt. of Desertric.

Casualty :: Casualty (n.) Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion..

Meed :: Meed (n.) Merit or desert; worth.

Deserving :: Deserving (n.) Desert; merit.

Sandy :: Sandy (superl.) Consisting of, abounding with, or resembling, sand; full of sand; covered or sprinkled with sand; as, a sandy desert, road, or soil..

Desert :: Desert (v. t.) To leave (especially something which one should stay by and support); to leave in the lurch; to abandon; to forsake; -- implying blame, except sometimes when used of localities; as, to desert a friend, a principle, a cause, one's country..

Slip :: Slip (n.) An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip..

Caravan :: Caravan (n.) A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa..

Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house..

Foundling :: Foundling (v. t.) A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent or owner.

Desert :: Desert (v. t.) To abandon (the service) without leave; to forsake in violation of duty; to abscond from; as, to desert the army; to desert one's colors..

Playa :: Playa (n.) A beach; a strand; in the plains and deserts of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, a broad, level spot, on which subsequently becomes dry by evaporation..

Defection :: Defection (n.) Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding..

Simoon :: Simoon (n.) A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind, that blows occasionally in Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains..

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