تخاذلوا

They abstained from, or neglected, aiding, or assisting, one another: (S:) i. q. تدابروا [which has the foregoing signification according to the TA, but properly means they turned their backs, one upon another]: (K:) they left, forsook, or deserted, one another in trouble. (MA.) [And, according to Freytag's Lex., They fled from fight, or battle.]

تخاذلت رِجْلَاهُ (said of an old man, TA) His legs became weak (S, K, TA) in consequence of some evil affection. (TA.)

And تخاذل He was, or became, behind. (KL.)

See also 1.