desertion
/dɪˈzɜːʃən/US/dɪˈzɝʃən/
desertion noun: the act of deserting.
Noun
desertion (countable and uncountable, plural desertions)
- The act of deserting.
desertion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
desertion in Hindi
- deserting
- परित्याग parityāg, अपसरण apasraṇ
desertion in Tamil
- கைதுறப்பு
desertion in Urdu
- deserting
- فرار firār
desertion in Malayalam
- പരിത്യജിക്കൽ
More languagesFewer languages
- desertion in Pashto
- فراريت farāryat, فرار farār
- desertion in Arabic
- فِرَار firār, هَجْر hajr, هَرَب harab, هِجْرَان hijrān
- desertion in Indonesian
- desersi
- desertion in Persian
- فرار farâr
- desertion in Vietnamese
- sự đào ngũ
Forms of desertion
| plural | desertions |
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Origin of desertion
Borrowed from Middle French désertion.
Words formed from desertion
Words that rhyme with desertion
Questions about desertion
- What does desertion mean?
- Desertion means the act of deserting.
- What is desertion in Hindi?
- Desertion in Hindi is परित्याग (parityāg), अपसरण (apasraṇ). See Desertion meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is desertion?
- Desertion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce desertion?
- Desertion is pronounced /dɪˈzɜːʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of desertion?
- The plural of desertion is desertions.
Words near desertion in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: desertion (page history and authors); desertion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); desertion (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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