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Another word for defection

defection Synonyms

defection

n.

Failure
failing, lack, deficiency; see failure 1, lack 1, 2.
Desertion
withdrawal, abandonment, apostasy, going over to the other side; see desertion, disloyalty.

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Another word for defection

noun

An instance of defecting from or abandoning a cause:

apostasy, recreance, recreancy, tergiversation. See approach, trust

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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.
Prodigies of valour on the part of Bayezid's troops could not make up for the defection of the newly-absorbed levies from Aidin, Sarukhan and Menteshe who went over to their former princes in Timur's camp. The rout of the Turkish army was complete.
Poland, after a defection of years, was ultimately recovered for the papacy by the zeal and devotion of the Jesuit missionaries.
When the emperor's downfall appeared imminent, Tigellinus deserted him, and with Nymphidius Sabinus brought about the defection of the praetorians.

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