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Definition of Decampment
1. Noun. The act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest).
Generic synonyms: Abandonment, Defection, Desertion
Derivative terms: Abscond, Decamp
2. Noun. Breaking camp.
Definition of Decampment
1. n. Departure from a camp; a marching off.
Definition of Decampment
1. Noun. The act of decamping ¹
2. Noun. A prompt departure ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decampment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decampment
Literary usage of Decampment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works by Washington Irving (1895)
"... Crow Spies — A decampment — Return to Green River Valley — Meeting with
Fitzpatrick's Party — Their Adventures among the Crows — Orthodox Crows. ..."
2. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the by Washington Irving, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville (1898)
"... Crow Spies — A decampment — Return to Green River Valley — Meeting with
Fitzpatrick's Party — Their Adventures among the Crows — Orthodox Crows. ..."
3. Collection of the Official Accounts, in Detail, of All the Battles Fought by by Heman Allen Fay (1817)
"decampment OF THE ENEMY. From Maj. Gen. Jackson, to the Secretary of War. HQ 7th
Mil. Dist. Camp, be low Orleans, Jan. 19, 1815. Last night, at 12 o'clock, ..."
4. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville by Washington Irving (1886)
"... OF COMRADES—A TRAPPER ENTRAPPED—CROW PLEASANTRY— CROW SPIES—A decampment—RETURN
TO GREEN RIVER VALLEY—MEETING WITH FITZPATRICK'S PARTY—THEIR ADVENTURES ..."
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