Defenition of the word desertion

• Defenition of the word desertion

  • The act of abandoning something.
  • The act of giving something up.
  • the act of giving something up
  • withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"
  • withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility

Synonyms for the word desertion

• • abandonment
  • absconding
  • awol
  • defection
  • departure
  • disappearance
  • discarding
  • forsaking
  • leaving
  • neglect
  • running away

Similar words in the desertion

• • desertion
  • desertion's
  • desertions

Hyponyms for the word desertion

• • abscondment
  • absence without leave
  • apostasy
  • bolt
  • decampment
  • deviationism
  • exposure
  • tergiversation
  • unauthorized absence

Hypernyms for the word desertion

• • rejection
  • withdrawal

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