Antonyms for deserting
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dez-ert |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛz ərt |
Definition of deserting
Origin :- "to leave one's duty," late 14c., from Old French deserter (12c.) "leave," literally "undo or sever connection," from Late Latin desertare, frequentative of Latin deserere "to abandon, to leave, forsake, give up, leave in the lurch," from de- "undo" (see de-) + serere "join together, put in a row" (see series). Military sense is first recorded 1640s. Related: Deserted; deserting.
- verb abandon, defect
- Only recently, after the lapse of years, did I learn the cause of their deserting me.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- I do not think they will object to deserting with us to the free world.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- She repressed a violent gesture, for her patience was deserting her.
- Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
- He knows not how to answer them, although he is afraid of deserting justice in the hour of need.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- And if you found him deserting to your enemies, what would you do?
- Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
- It is very unkind of you,” he said, “to have thought of deserting me on such a day as this.
- Extract from : « The Traitors » by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
- There seemed no valid reason, however, for deserting Christiern.
- Extract from : « The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa » by Paul Barron Watson
- Sutherland's men are deserting him, and the Frasers are all gone home.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. » by Mrs. Thomson
- Then is this the reason you give for deserting us as you have deserted Devil's Ford?
- Extract from : « Devil's Ford » by Bret Harte
- I can forgive him for deserting me, but not for deceiving and destroying you.'
- Extract from : « Ernest Linwood » by Caroline Lee Hentz
Synonyms for deserting
- abscond
- apostatize
- bail out
- beach
- betray
- bolt
- check out
- chuck
- cop out
- crawl out
- decamp
- depart
- duck
- escape
- flee
- fly
- forsake
- give up
- go
- go AWOL
- go back on
- go over the hill
- go west
- jilt
- leave
- leave high and dry
- leave in the lurch
- leave stranded
- light
- maroon
- opt out
- play truant
- pull out
- quit
- relinquish
- renounce
- resign
- run out on
- sneak off
- split
- strand
- take a hike
- take off
- tergiversate
- throw over
- vacate
- violate oath
- walk
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