desertion

Noun

Meaning

The act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty; the quitting of one's duties willfully and without right; esp., an absconding from military or naval service.

The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion.

Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

forsaking abandonment defection awol apostasy flight escape departure surrender withdrawal resignation rejection treason secession disappearance
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Antonyms

guard population air help approach advent
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Hypernyms

withdrawal rejection

Hyponyms

bolt apostasy exposure tergiversation decampment abscondment

Phrases with the word

how can it be desertion

Anagrams

detersion interdose

Examples

Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination. Christian Nestell Bovee

Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are denied to us. George Bernard Shaw

Dead of night. No one, nothing but the society of the moments. Each pretends to keep us company, then escapes - desertion after desertion. Emil Cioran

An adversary is more hurt by desertion than by slaughter. (General Maxims) Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

The desertion of Jesus, by his followers, furnishes an argument in support of the supposition that he attempted to be king of the Jews, rather than that he was a superior being. Lysander Spooner

The toddler craves independence, but he fears desertion. Dorothy Corkille Briggs

Close letter words and terms

desertification desertified desertify desertland desertless desertlessly