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Definition of deserting : of Desert

Synonyms:

forgoing, renouncing, capitulating, withdrawing, releasing, disowning, disclaiming, waiving, giving up, shedding

abdicating, surrendering, dropping, quitting, evacuating, forsaking, vacating, relinquishing, leaving, resigning, abandoning, defecting, discontinuing

casting off, ridding, dispelling, parting with, disposing, jettisoning, venting, rejecting, letting go, relegating, canceling, discarding, dismissing

betraying, crossing, backsliding, abnegating, denying, retracting, disavowing

Usage examples:

• When the train draws up they insist upon deserting their own suite and getting in with her. - "Doctor Cupid", Rhoda Broughton.
• To her, Harriet was not an artist pleading for her art; she was a sister and a bread- winner deserting her trust. - "K", Mary Roberts Rinehart.
• At any rate we can offer to make ourselves useful in case of any of the drivers falling ill or deserting by the way. - "Bonnie Prince Charlie A Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden", G. A. Henty.