Desertion synonyms and antonyms

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fatherlessness
The state or quality of being fatherless.
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abandonment
The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. [Late 16th century.]
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defenselessness
The characteristic of being defenseless; vulnerability.
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escape
(Computers) A key used especially to interrupt a command, exit a program, or change levels within a program.
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renunciation
The act or an instance of renouncing; a giving up formally or voluntarily, often at a sacrifice, of a right, claim, title, etc.
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disavowal
A denial of knowledge, relationship, and/or responsibility towards something (someone).
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apostasy
Abandonment of one's religious faith, a political party, one's principles, or a cause.
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withdrawal
The act or process of withdrawing, as:
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avoidance
Same as tax avoidance.
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evasion
A way of doing this; subterfuge
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elusion
The act or an instance of eluding or escaping; evasion.
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truancy
The act or an instance of playing truant
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repudiation
The act of refusing to accept; the act of repudiating.
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relinquishment
Abandonment of a right or thing. See also abstention.
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falling away
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forsaking
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decamping
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going back on
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going AWOL
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loyalty (antonym)
Quality, state, or instance of being loyal
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help (antonym)
The definition of help is aid that you request, or is someone who provides assistance.
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assistance (antonym)
The definition of assistance is the act of helping or lending support.
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keep (related)
(Historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. (According to keep, the word comes "from the Middle English term kype, meaning basket or cask, and was a term applied to the shell keep at Guînes, said to resemble a barrel".)
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defection
A failing or failure
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running out on
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flight
The ability to fly:
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departure
The definition of a departure is a deviation, or the act of leaving or starting on a trip.
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leaving
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secession
The definition of a secession is a breaking away from an organization, country, etc.
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retirement
Withdrawal from one's occupation or position, especially upon reaching a certain age.
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resignation
Resignation is the act of leaving something, generally a job or position.
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divorce
A separation between things that were once connected or associated.
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willful abandonment
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abrogation
The act of abrogating; a repeal by authority; abolition. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
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backsliding
An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense
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recreancy
The quality or state of being recreant.
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cooperation (antonym)
Association for mutual benefit, such as for purposes of production or purchase.
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constancy (antonym)
The state or quality of being unchanging
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retreat (related)
A period of retirement or seclusion, for an individual or a group, for prayer, study, spiritual renewal, etc.
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aid (antonym)
Something that provides help, support, or relief, such as money or supplies:
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staying (antonym)
A stay or visit.
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motherlessness
The state or condition of being motherless.
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insubordination (related)
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cowardice (related)
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reprisal (related)
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banishment (related)
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incarceration (related)
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dereliction
Dereliction is defined as a shameful or negligent failure to live up to obligations, or to a state of being neglected and dilapidated.
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  • The position was then desperate, wholesale desertion and starvation had decimated the garrison, and three weeks later Ali Riza Pasha, the Turkish commander, was compelled to surrender.

  • Zaki, enraged at his nephews desertion, marched out of Shiraz towards Isfahan.

  • Charles V.'s desertion inclined Henry to listen to the proposals of the threatened Lutheran princes, and the last two years of his reign were marked by a renewed tendency to advance in a Protestant direction.

  • Grounds for divorce are impotence of either party at time of marriage, previous marriage, adultery, wilful desertion for two years, habitual drunkenness, attempt on life, extreme and repeated cruelty, and conviction of felony or other infamous crime.

  • Accused, probably without truth, of desertion at Neville's Cross, the Steward as heir-apparent was greatly chagrined by the king's proposal to make Edward III.

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