- 20 Desertion - Desertion - Uninhibitedness - Wildness - The act of abandoning, or the state of being
abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. - The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters
of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a
peril insured against. - The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege, as
to mill site, etc.