The Meaning of desertion

• (n.) The act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty; the quitting of one's duties willfully and without right; esp., an absconding from military or naval service.
• (n.) The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion.
• (n.) Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency.

Synonyms

abandonment , defection , abandonment , forsaking

Rhymes

assertion , cistercian , coercion , exertion , gershon , insertion , mershon , reassertion , tertian