Meaning of DEFECTION
| Pronunciation: | | di'fekshun
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- [n] withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"
- [n] the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
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| | Synonyms: | | abandonment, apostasy, desertion, renunciation |
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| | See Also: | | abscondment, absence without leave, decampment, deviationism, rejection, unauthorized absence, withdrawal | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \De*fec"tion\, n. [L. defectio: cf. F. d['e]fection.
See {Defect}.]
Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by
allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself;
desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy;
backsliding. ``Defection and falling away from God.'' --Sir
W. Raleigh.
The general defection of the whole realm. --Sir J.
Davies.
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