Desertion

Definitions: Desertion

Desertion

Noun

1. Withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless".

2. The act of giving something up.

Date "desertion" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1415. (references)

Synonyms: Desertion

Synonyms: abandonment (n), defection (n), forsaking (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Relinquishment	Noun: relinquishment, abandonment; desertion, defection, secession, withdrawal; cave of Adullam; nolle prosequi.
Seclusion Exclusion	Depopulation, desertion, desolation; wilderness; (unproductive); howling wilderness; rotten borough, Old Sarum.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Desertion

English words defined with "desertion": dissolved ♦ Malicious abandonment, Mutiny act ♦ orphan, orphaned. (references)

Specialty definitions using "desertion": Adultery ♦ Disaster ♦ Fountain ♦ Garbage ♦ Organist ♦ Shoes ♦ Window. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Desertion" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

German (desertion).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	As punishment for your desertion, it's company policy to give you the plague! (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	A Higher Duty: Desertion Among Georgia Troops During the Civil War (reference) A Rich Man's War, a Poor Man's Fight: Desertion of Alabama Troops from the Confederate Army (The Library of Alabama Classics) (reference) Desertion (reference) Desertion : Scorching Heat and Desparate Passions (reference) Desertion During the Civil War (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Christian Nevell Bovee	Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.
	For cowards the road of desertion should be left open; they will carry over to the enemy nothing, but their fears.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Morocco	He was prosecuted for attempted desertion, reportedly for attempting to return to the Polisario side. (references)
	Armenia	Thirteen members of Jehovah's Witnesses remained in detention, charged with draft evasion or, if forcibly drafted, with desertion. (references)
Economic History	Cambodia	Vietnam's occupation army of as many as 200,000 troops controlled the major population centers and most of the countryside from 1979 to September 1989. The Heng Samrin regime's 30,000 troops were plagued by poor morale and widespread desertion. (references)
Human Rights	Armenia	Some of the crimes committed included desertion, hazing, and abuse of power and embezzlement. (references)
	Cote d'Ivoire	The security forces wanted to question I.B. about the attack on General Guei's house in September 2000 and the aborted coup on January 7 and 8. The Government also accused him of desertion. (references)
	Uganda	On July 7, more than 200 persons were arrested in Kasese, and on July 9 and 10, more than 250 persons were arrested in the Kampala area primarily for petty crimes and desertion from the army. (references)
Political Economy	Iraq	The Government continued to be responsible for disappearances and to kill and torture persons suspected of--or related to persons suspected of--economic crimes, military desertion, and a variety of other activities. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Desertion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Desertion" is used about 151 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	151	25,596

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "desertion".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Zanoah	N/A	Biblical	Desertion
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "desertion": desertion from army ♦ desertion of a wife. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "desertion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		dezertim (defection), braktisje (abandonment, apostasy, dereliction, limbo, neglect). (various references)

Arabic		‏فرار من الجندية, ‏هجران, ‏هجر (break away, cast aside, dereliction, desert, disuse, drop out, emigratory, expel, expose, flee, forsake, immigrate, jettison, leave, neglect, quit, relinquish, renounce, scrap, skive, strand, surrender, throw, waive, weigh anchor), ‏الفرار من الجندية, ‏إنشقاق (cleavage, dissent, dissepiment, dissidence, fissure, rent, schism, scission, separation, split, split up, splitting). (various references)

Bulgarian		изоставяне (abandonment, arrears, dereliction, exposure, lag, neglect, relinquishment, renouncement, renunciation), изоставеност (dereliction, desolation, forlornness, neglect), дезертьорство. (various references)

Chinese		背弃. (various references)

Czech		dezerce (defection), zbìhnutí (defection). (various references)

Dutch		desertie. (various references)

Farsi		فرار (Breakaway, Escape, Evasive, Guy, Lam, Scape), گریز (Allusion, Digression, Escape, Evasion, Flight, Guy, Jink, Scamper, Scuttle, Subterfuge, Truancy), ترک خدمت , بیوفایی . (various references)

Finnish		sotilaan karkaaminen. (various references)

French		désertion. (various references)

German		fahnenflucht, verlassen (abandon, abandoned, abandonment, derelict, derelicted, desert, deserted, desolate, evacuate, exit, forlorn, forsake, leave, lonely, loose, move away, quit, quitted, quitting, solitary, to derelict, to desert, to evacuate, to forlorn, to leave, to rely, untrodden), desertion. (various references)

Greek		λιποταξία (defection, ratting). (various references)

Hebrew		עזיב�" (abandonment, dereliction, forsaking, leaving), עזוב�" (desolation, negligence), אסופיות (foundling state), ז� יח�" (abandonment, forfeiture, forsaking, neglect), בריח�" (bankruptcy, escape, flight). (various references)

Hungarian		szökés (elopement, escape, flyer, flying, get-out), dezertálás, elhagyás (abandonment, betrayal, dereliction, doing-away, giving up, jilting, leaving off, omission, overtaking, relinquishment, renouncing, surrender), átállás (change over, switch). (various references)

Indonesian		desersi, pembelotan. (various references)

Italian		diserzione (defection). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		逃走 (escape, flight), 脱走 (escape). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		おきざり (leaving behind or in the lurch), いき (abandonment, breath, chic, court rank diploma, disposition, essence, freshness, going, heart, level, limits, purity, region, relinquishment, spirit, stage, stet, style, tone), とうそう (chilblains, conflict, escape, faction, flight, frostbite, smallpox, strife, variola), � つえい, � っそう (escape). (various references)

Korean		도망 (Bolting). (various references)

Manx		treigeilys (abandonment, betrayal, defection, dereliction, fall off, tergiveration). (various references)

Norwegian		desertering. (various references)

Pig Latin		esertionday

Portuguese		deserção (abandonment, defection, dereliction). (various references)

Romanian		dezertare (defection), pãrãsire (abandon, dereliction, desolation, dezmãþat, forsaking, relinquishment, renouncement, solitude, vacation), abandonare (abandonment, dereliction, desolation, exposure, relinquishment), abandon (abandon, dezmãþat). (various references)

Russian		дезертирство (defection, duck out). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		dezerterstvo (defection), napuštanje (abandonment, dereliction, leaving, relinquishment, walkout). (various references)

Spanish		deserción (abandonment, apostasy, defection, drop out). (various references)

Swedish		rymning (elopement, escape, get away, jail-break, prison breaking), fanflykt, desertering (duck out). (various references)

Turkish		din değiştirme (conversion, experience, proselyte, tergiversation), terk (abandonment, cession, conveyance), firar (absence without leave, break, breakout, escape, flight, getaway, jailbreak, prison breaking), askerden kaçma. (various references)

Ukranian		занедбаність (abandonment, neglect), залишення (abandonment, absence, leaving, relinquishment, vacation), дезертирство (defection, duck out, walk out). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự không nhìn nhận đến, sự bỏ trốn (leg-bail), sự bỏ rơi (abandonment, dereliction), sự bỏ ra đi, sự đ� o ngũ sự ru�"ng bỏ. (various references)

Welsh		encilfa (retreat). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	apostasia. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	defectio, defectione, defectionem, desertio, desertionem, desertionis. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "desertion": desertions. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Desertion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: decurion, Demetriou, Densitron, deserti, dessertion, Dipertuan, disertion, dissertion. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "desertion" (pronounced duzer"shun)
5	-z er" sh u n	exertion.
4	-er" sh u n	assertion, coercion, insertion, reassertion.
3	-sh u n	abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-n-o-r-s-t"
	-1 letter: indorsee, inserted, nerdiest, oneriest, oriented, resident, serotine, sintered, trendies.
	-2 letters: deniers, denotes, destine, diester, dieters, dineros, editors, endites, endorse, entires, entries, erodent, estrone, indorse, nereids, norites, oersted, oestrin, ordines, oreides, orients, reedits, resined, resited, retines, rodents, rosined, snorted, sordine, sortied, steroid, stonier, storied, tenders, teredos, tinders, trienes, triodes.
	-3 letters: denier, denies, denote, denser.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-e-i-n-o-r-s-t"
	+1 letter: coresident, desertions, internodes, interposed, redingotes, reeditions, terpenoids, threnodies.
	+2 letters: considerate, copresident, coresidents, deaerations, deforesting, delineators, desecration, desperation, disoriented, federations, indorsement, misoriented, modernities, nonresident, redemptions, redigestion, remoistened, rhinestoned, stevedoring, tenderloins, tinderboxes.
	+3 letters: adroitnesses, copresidents, denervations, densitometer, densitometry, deprecations, depredations, derelictions, desecrations, desideration, desperations, deuterations, disconcerted, disorientate, divorcements, endometritis, endoparasite, endothermies, housetrained, impersonated, indorsements, intercrossed, interiorised, introspected, nonresidents, outbreedings, outsiderness, overstrained, overstridden, predigestion, predominates, premoistened, pretensioned, redepositing, redigestions, redirections, rediscounted, reeducations, reintroduces, remediations, repositioned, rodenticides, tenebrionids, torridnesses, understories.
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