Defenition of the word defection

• Defenition of the word defection

  • The act of withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility.
  • the state of having rejected your religious beliefs
  • withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"
  • the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
  • withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility

Synonyms for the word defection

• • abandonment
  • apostasy
  • desertion
  • renunciation

Hyponyms for the word defection

• • abscondment
  • absence without leave
  • decampment
  • deviationism
  • unauthorized absence

Hypernyms for the word defection

• • rejection
  • withdrawal

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