What is another word for desertion?
229 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ dɪzˈɜːʃən], [ dɪzˈɜːʃən], [ d_ɪ_z_ˈɜː_ʃ_ə_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for desertion:- absent without leave (adjective)
- abandonment (noun)
- defection (noun)
- departure (noun)
- disappearance (noun)
- disuse (noun)
- escape (noun)
- going (noun)
- lam (noun)
- recreance (noun)
- relinquishment (noun)
- renunciation (noun)
- riddance (noun)
- vanishment (noun)
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Synonyms for Desertion:
adj.
•absent without leave (adjective)n.
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- call up,
- conscript,
- commission,
- buy out,
- cashier,
- 4-F,
- conscription,
- awol.
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- keep.
- divorce,
- avoidance,
- departure,
- abdication,
- truancy,
- falseness,
- rejection,
- forsaking,
- surrender,
- Absconding,
- secession,
- defection,
- discontinuation,
- treachery,
- evasion,
- derelict,
- repudiation,
- castoff,
- withdrawal,
- disaffection,
- retirement,
- disavowal,
- abrogation,
- resignation,
- elusion,
- falling away,
- backsliding,
- departing,
- dereliction,
- renunciation,
- betrayal,
- apostasy,
- perfidy,
- Marooning,
- running out on,
- flight,
- retreat,
- relinquishment,
- going back on,
- defecting,
- Disavowing,
- vacation,
- leaving.
- re treats,
- dis-loyalty,
- dis-affection,
- dis-loyalties,
- dis affections,
- forsakings,
- re volts,
- dis loyalties,
- dis affection,
- sunderings,
- re-volt,
- re-treats,
- disownments,
- re-treat,
- dis loyalty,
- re-volts,
- dis-affections,
- re volt.
- going away,
- setting out,
- sailings,
- embarkation,
- hegira,
- walkout,
- going,
- vanishing act,
- egress,
- taking leave,
- setting forth,
- egression,
- egressions,
- walkouts,
- conge.
- wearing away,
- ceasing to exist,
- Vanishment,
- disappearing act,
- dematerialization,
- ebbings,
- decline and fall.
Other synonyms:
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- conversion.
- disloyalty,
- leave,
- bilk,
- giving up,
- dispel,
- Nolle Prosequi,
- go,
- impiousness,
- discard,
- evade,
- irreligion,
- implode,
- defenselessness,
- running away,
- helplessness,
- exit,
- absence without leave,
- ratting,
- despair,
- fly,
- delinquency,
- lapse,
- faithlessness,
- treason,
- degeneration,
- dilapidation,
- decamp,
- devastation,
- go over,
- lose,
- homelessness,
- scarper,
- desolation,
- depart,
- come off,
- abandon,
- deserter,
- Decamping,
- take off,
- misery,
- forlornness,
- Skedaddling,
- take flight,
- exposure,
- flee,
- turning traitor,
- cowardice,
- destruction,
- abscond,
- lam,
- scramming,
- quit,
- run out,
- undutifulness,
- chuck away,
- decampment,
- Recidivation,
- skedaddle,
- break,
- deserted,
- desertions,
- wilderness,
- absquatulation,
- unproductive,
- removal,
- come,
- atheism,
- bolt,
- run away,
- Fatherlessness,
- crossing over,
- forsake,
- go away,
- depopulation,
- absenteeism,
- slough off,
- impiety,
- schism,
- elapse,
- fall from grace,
- breakaway,
- deviationism,
- repudiate,
- run,
- turn back,
- irreverence,
- recidivism,
- absent without leave,
- rotten borough.
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
defection.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
non-completion, cessation, negligence, withdrawal.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
abandonment, dropout, drop-out, neglect, discontinuation, attrition, dereliction, departure, discontinuance, relinquishment, renunciation, abandon, surrender.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Desertion:
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n.
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abandonment
meeting, coming, ratification, approval, help, allowance, stay, arrival, Staying, assistance, aid.
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Other antonyms:
repossession, Recoupment, retention, reclamation, retrieval.
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abandonment
Homophones for Desertion:
- degradation, discretion, dessert wine, decoration, desecration, dissertation, dishearten, dacrydium.