'Desertion' definitions:
Definition of 'desertion'
From: WordNet
noun
Withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless" [syn: desertion, abandonment, defection]
noun
The act of giving something up [syn: abandonment, forsaking, desertion]
Definition of 'Desertion'
From: GCIDE
- Desertion \De*ser"tion\ (d[-e]*z[~e]r"sh[u^]n), n. [L. desertio: cf. F. d['e]sertion.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Such a resignation would have seemed to his superior a desertion or a reproach. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency. [1913 Webster]
- The spiritual agonies of a soul under desertion. --South. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'desertion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandonment,
- absence without leave,
- absquatulation,
- apostasy,
- atheism,
- AWOL,
- backsliding,
- betrayal,
- bolt,
- breakaway,
- crossing-over,
- decampment,
- defection,
- defenselessness,
- degeneration,
- dereliction,
- deserter,
- desolation,
- disappearance,
- disappearing act,
- disloyalty,
- elopement,
- exit,
- faithlessness,
- fall from grace,
- fatherlessness,
- flight,
- forlornness,
- French leave,
- fugitation,
- going over,
- hasty retreat,
- hegira,
- helplessness,
- homelessness,
- impiety,
- impiousness,
- irreligion,
- irreverence,
- kithlessness,
- lapse,
- lapse from grace,
- motherlessness,
- quick exit,
- ratting,
- recidivation,
- recidivism,
- recreancy,
- renunciation,
- running away,
- schism,
- scramming,
- secession,
- skedaddle,
- skedaddling,
- treason,
- turning traitor,
- undutifulness,
- walkout
Words containing 'Desertion'
- Desert,
- Deserted,
- Deserter,
- Desertful,
- Deserting,
- Desertness,
- deserts,
- just deserts,
- Desert Aire,
- Desert Hills,
- Desert Shores,
- Desert flora,
- Desert hare,
- Desert mouse,
- Palm Desert,
- Pride of the desert,
- arabian desert,
- atacama desert,
- australian desert,
- chihuahuan desert,
- colorado desert,
- desert boot,
- desert fox,
- desert holly,
- desert iguana,
- desert lynx,
- desert olive,
- desert paintbrush,
- desert pea,
- desert plant,
- desert plume,
- desert rat,
- desert rheumatism,
- desert rose,
- desert selaginella,
- desert soil,
- desert sunflower,
- desert tortoise,
- desert willow,
- desertic soil,
- eastern desert,
- gibson desert,
- gila desert,
- gobi desert,
- kalahari desert,
- kavir desert,
- libyan desert,
- lut desert,
- mohave desert,
- mojave desert,
- namib desert,
- negev desert,
- nubian desert,
- painted desert,
- patagonian desert,
- sahara desert,
- simpson desert,
- sinai desert,
- sonoran desert,
- syrian desert,
- taklamakan desert,
- taklimakan desert,
- thar desert,
- turkestan desert,
- Desert Aire, WA,
- Desert Hills, AZ,
- Desert Hot Springs,
- Desert Shores, CA,
- Desert View Highlands,
- Palm Desert, CA,
- black rock desert,
- desert mariposa tulip,
- desert sand verbena,
- great arabian desert,
- great australian desert,
- great indian desert,
- great salt desert,
- great sandy desert,
- great victoria desert,
- operation desert storm,
- sturt's desert pea,
- Desert Hot Springs, CA,
- Desert View Highlands, CA,
- desert four o'clock