Desertion
Surrender
Surrender noun - The usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another.
Desertion and surrender are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Desertion" instead a noun "Surrender".
Nearby Words: surrendered, surrendering
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- leave and desertion
- leave and surrender
- release and desertion
- release and surrender
- abandonment and desertion
- abandonment and surrender
- rejection and desertion
- rejection and surrender
- capitulation and desertion
- capitulation and surrender
- relinquishment and desertion
- relinquishment and surrender
- resignation and desertion
- resignation and surrender
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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The most notable incidence of desertion was probably Confederate General Pembertons army, paroled after the surrender at Vicksburg.
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Flavius Vegetius Renatus: "To seduce the enemies soldiers from their allegiance and encourage them to surrender is of special service, for an adversary is more hurt by desertion than by slaughter."
Source: Defector from Decadence
Cite this Source
Surrender and Desertion. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/desertion/surrender
Desertion & Surrender. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/desertion/surrender>.
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