Defection Synonyms and Antonyms

dēfekzhən, difekzhən
Failure
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. lack
  2. failing
  3. deficiency
  4. runout
Desertion
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. apostasy
  2. desertion
  3. abandonment
  4. withdrawal
  5. recreance
  6. recreancy
  7. going over to the other side
  8. tergiversation
  9. renunciation
Antonyms:
  1. joining

Words Related to Defection

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Defection Sentence Examples

  • His defection from the Epicurean school is almost unique.

  • 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.

  • The defection of his favorite son John gave Henry his deathblow, and Philip Augustus found himself confronted by a new Phil!

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

  • Paul seems to have been taken aback by the news of the Galatians' defection.

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