Defection synonyms

dēfek′shən, difek′shən

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apostasy
The renunciation of a belief or set of beliefs.
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desertion (related)
(Law) Willful abandonment of a spouse or child owed a duty of support.
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lack (related)
Lack is defined as you are in a position or state where you do not have something or where you do not have enough of something.
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recreance
Dated form of recreancy.
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recreancy
The quality or state of being recreant.
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tergiversation
The act of abandoning something or someone, of changing sides; desertion; betrayal.
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approach (related)
The method used in dealing with or accomplishing:
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trust (related)
Reliance on something in the future; hope:
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abandonment
The act of abandoning property or a right with no intent of reclaiming it or of later giving it away or selling it. See also forfeiture, relinquishment, renunciation, surrender, and waiver.
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renunciation
The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
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runout
(Cricket) A run out, a running out. The method of getting out in which a batsman, in making a run, has not reached the popping crease when a fielder breaks his wicket with the ball.
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capitulation (related)
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expulsion (related)
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opposition (related)
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failing
A minor fault.
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deficiency
The amount of shortage; deficit
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withdrawal
The act or an instance of retracting or revoking:
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going over to the other side
Desertion
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failure (related)
The condition or fact of not achieving the desired end or ends:
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disloyalty (related)
The quality of being disloyal; faithlessness.
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joining (antonym)
The act or result of joining; a joint or juncture.
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Defection Sentence Examples

  • His defection from the Epicurean school is almost unique.

  • A renewed defection, inspired apparently by aversion to the aristocratic government of the Walls Of Mantineia.

  • The expedition which followed produced negative successes, but the absence of any positive success and the pressure of financial difficulty, coupled with the defection of Jason (probably before 37 1), and the high-handed action of Thebes in destroying Plataea (373), induced Athens to renew the peace with Sparta which Timotheus had broken.

  • The rising in the north was easily crushed; but in the south the Ottoman power was hampered by the defection of the sea-faring Greeks, by whom the Turkish navy had hitherto been manned.

  • Jerusalem, near the Egyptian frontier, was an important point, and in one of its internal revolutions Antiochus saw, perhaps not without reason, a defection to the Egyptian side.

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