Clues for the word "DESERTION"
We've had 10 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 8 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Guardian Everyman crossword on December 06, 2015.
Definition of desertion
- n. - The act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty; the quitting of one's duties willfully and without right; esp., an absconding from military or naval service.
- n. - The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion.
- n. - Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency.
Referring Clues
- Cause for a court martial
- Betrayal
- Abandon one on flight
- Leaving - one's tired out
- No one returns from the wilderness - it may mean a court martial
- Criminal interned, so no escaping or running away
- Course taken by rats scurrying into reeds
- One's tried for military and domestic offence
- Terribly tired, one's leaving
- Significant Civil War concern
Last Seen In
- Guardian Everyman - December 06, 2015
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 18, 2014
- Guardian Cryptic - November 28, 2013
- Guardian Cryptic - October 05, 2012
- Guardian Cryptic - February 08, 2010
- Guardian Cryptic - August 07, 2009
- Guardian Cryptic - June 20, 2008
- Guardian Cryptic - August 08, 2007