decampment
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de·camp
(dĭ-kămp′)intr.v. de·camped, de·camp·ing, de·camps
1. To depart secretly or suddenly.
2. To depart from a camp or camping ground.
[French décamper, from Old French descamper, to strike camp : des-, de- + camper, to camp (from camp, camp; see camp1).]
de·camp′ment n.
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Noun 1. [画像:decampment - the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest)]decampment - the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest)
defection, desertion, abandonment - withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"
2. decampment - breaking camp
withdrawal - the act of withdrawing; "the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam"
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