noun
- the act of departing hastily or secretly from a place, especially to avoid trouble or obligation
- the breaking up and removal of a military camp
Usage: often implies sudden or stealthy departure
Usage: military or historical context
Examples
- The sudden decampment of the entire crew left the project in chaos.
- After the scandal, his decampment to another country surprised no one.
- The general ordered the decampment of troops at dawn.
- Their hasty decampment from the hotel suggested they were fleeing creditors.
- The decampment of the circus left the town as quickly as it had arrived.
- Military historians studied the decampment strategies used during the retreat.