desertion

Other forms of desertion

plural

desertions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about desertion

What does desertion mean?

desertion means "withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in desertion?

desertion has 3 syllables: de-ser-tion. The stress falls on "ser". In IPA it is /dɪˈzɝʃən/.

What is another word for desertion?

Close synonyms include abandonment, defection, abandonment, forsaking. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is desertion a common word?

desertion is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with desertion?

1 word rhymes with desertion. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.