DEFECTION
desertion, abandonment, defection
(noun) withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; “his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless”
apostasy, renunciation, defection
(noun) the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
defection (countable and uncountable, plural defections)
An act or incidence of defecting.
Source: Wiktionary
De*fec"tion, n. Etym: [L. defectio: cf. F. défection. See Defect.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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