Antonyms for desertion
dɪˈzɜr ʃənde·ser·tion

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1. desertion

   Antonyms:
   apology, bulwark, defense, fortress, guard, justification, protection, rampart, resistance, safeguard, shelter, shield, vindication

   Synonyms:
   abandonment, betrayal, capitulation, flight, surrender

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1. • Withdrawal

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1. desertion, abandonment, defectionnoun

   withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility

   "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"

   Synonyms:
   renunciation, defection, forsaking, abandonment, apostasy

2. abandonment, forsaking, desertionnoun

   the act of giving something up

   Synonyms:
   defection, forsaking, abandonment, giving up

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1. desertionnoun

   Antonyms:
   faithfulness

   Synonyms:
   abandonment

How to use desertion in a sentence?

1. Christian Nevell Bovee:

   For cowards the road of desertion should be left open; they will carry over to the enemy nothing, but their fears.

2. Tony Shaffer:

   The Army has come to its conclusion, and Bowe Bergdahl ... will be charged with desertion.

3. John Kirby:

   Vladimir Putin has terrible morale, unit cohesion on the battlefield, command and control has still not been solved. Vladimir Putin's got desertion problems and Vladimir Putin's forcing the wounded back into the fight. So clearly, manpower is a problem for Vladimir Putin.

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