desertion synonyms

desertion

n.

abandonment, flight, escape, departure, leaving, secession, defection, dereliction, renunciation, disavowing, disavowal, disaffection, apostasy, withdrawal, avoidance, evasion, elusion, truancy, repudiation, relinquishment, retirement, resignation, divorce, willful abandonment, abrogation, backsliding, recreancy, falling away, forsaking, decamping, running out on*, going back on*, going AWOL*; see also retreat 1.

Antonyms loyalty*, cooperation*, constancy.

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