Exact Match:
- deserter
- a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
- a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
Synonyms:
- Sabbath-breaker,
- absconder,
- apostasy,
- apostate,
- atheist,
- backslider,
- betrayal,
- blasphemer,
- bolt,
- bolter,
- breakaway,
- collaborationist,
- collaborator,
- convert,
- defection,
- defector,
- dereliction,
- desertion,
- escapee,
- fifth columnist,
- fugitive,
- mugwump,
- outlaw,
- proselyte,
- quisling,
- rat,
- ratting,
- recidivist,
- recreant,
- renegade,
- renegado,
- renegate,
- reversionist,
- runagate,
- runaway,
- sacrilegist,
- schism,
- schismatic,
- seceder,
- secession,
- secessionist,
- separatist,
- strikebreaker,
- tergiversant,
- tergiversator,
- traitor,
- turnabout,
- turncoat,
- turntail,
- unbeliever,
- walkout