Meanings
noundesertion (countable and uncountable, plural desertions)
plural desertions
- countableuncountableThe act of deserting.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounwithdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
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Origin
- Middle Frenchdésertion
- Middle Frenchdésertion
- Englishdesertion
Borrowed from Middle French désertion. By surface analysis, desert + -ion.
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Ancient Greek ἀυτομολία
- ἀυτομολία (automolía)deserting
Arabic فِرَار, هَجْر
- فِرَار (firār)deserting
- هَجْر (hajr)deserting
- هَرَب (harab)deserting
- هِجْرَان (hijrān)deserting
Bulgarian изоста́вяне, напу́скане
- изоста́вяне (izostávjane)deserting
- напу́скане (napúskane)deserting
- дезертьо́рство (dezertjórstvo)deserting
Catalan deserció
- deserciódeserting
Chinese Mandarin 遺棄 /遗弃, 開小差 /开小差
- 遺棄 /遗弃 (yíqì)deserting
- 開小差 /开小差 (kāi xiǎochāi)deserting
- 逃亡 (táowáng)deserting
Czech dezerce
- dezercedeserting
Danish faneflugt, desertering
- faneflugtdeserting
- deserteringdeserting
- desertiondeserting
- desertationdeserting
Dutch desertie, vaandelvlucht
- desertiedeserting
- vaandelvluchtdeserting
Esperanto forlasiĝo
- forlasiĝodeserting
Estonian deserteerimine, väejooks
- deserteeriminedeserting
- väejooksdeserting
Finnish hylkääminen, karkuruus
- hylkääminendeserting
- karkuruusdeserting
French désertion
- désertiondeserting
German Fahnenflucht, Desertion
- Fahnenfluchtdeserting
- Desertiondeserting
- Desertationdeserting
Greek λιποταξία
- λιποταξία (lipotaxía)deserting
Hebrew עֲרִיקָה
- עֲרִיקָה ('ariqá)deserting
Hindi परित्याग, अपसरण
- परित्याग (parityāg)deserting
- अपसरण (apasraṇ)deserting
Hungarian szökés
- szökésdeserting
Indonesian desersi
- desersideserting
Italian diserzione
- diserzionedeserting
Japanese 逃亡, 脱走
- 逃亡 (tōbō)deserting
- 脱走 (dassō)deserting
- 遺棄 (iki)deserting
- 敵前逃亡 (tekizen tōbō)deserting
- 脱営 (datsuei)deserting
Korean 탈영, 도망
- 탈영 (taryeong)deserting
- 도망 (domang)deserting
- 유기 (yugi)deserting
Latin dēfectiō
- dēfectiōdeserting
Latvian dezertēšana
- dezertēšanadeserting
Lithuanian dezertyravimas
- dezertyravimasdeserting
Norwegian Bokmål desertering
- deserteringdeserting
Persian فرار, فرار
- فرار (farâr)deserting
- فرار (ferâr)deserting
Polish opuszczenie, dezercja
- opuszczeniedeserting
- dezercjadeserting
Portuguese deserção
- deserçãodeserting
Romanian dezertare
- dezertaredeserting
Russian ухо́д, оставле́ние
- ухо́д (uxód)deserting
- оставле́ние (ostavlénije)deserting
- дезерти́рство (dezertírstvo)deserting
Slovak dezercia
- dezerciadeserting
Spanish deserción
- desercióndeserting
Swedish desertering, fanflykt
- deserteringdeserting
- fanflyktdeserting
Turkish firar, askerden kaçma
- firardeserting
- askerden kaçmadeserting
Ukrainian зали́шення, зане́дбаність
- зали́шення (zalýšennja)deserting
- зане́дбаність (zanédbanistʹ)deserting
- дезерти́рство (dezertýrstvo)deserting
Urdu فرار
- فرار (firār)deserting
Vietnamese sự đào ngũ
- sự đào ngũdeserting
Yiddish אַוועקוואַרפֿונג
- אַוועקוואַרפֿונג (avekvarfung)deserting
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Cite this entry
APA
desertion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desertion
MLA
“desertion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desertion. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desertion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desertion.
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