defection
noun
1 defection
Withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility.
synonyms: abandonment, desertion.
Roget 624:
relinquishment,
abandonment;
desertion,
defection,
secession,
withdrawal;
cave of Adullam†;
nolle prosequi [Lat.].
discontinuance
etc.
(cessation)
142;
renunciation
etc.
(recantation)
607;
abrogation
etc.
756;
resignation
etc.
(retirement)
757;
desuetude
etc.
614;
cession
etc.
(of property)
782.
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Roget 742:
disobedience,
insubordination,
contumacy;
infraction,
infringement;
violation,
noncompliance;
nonobservance
etc.
773.
revolt,
rebellion,
mutiny,
outbreak,
rising,
uprising,
insurrection,
emeute [Fr.];
riot,
tumult
etc.
(disorder)
59;
strike
etc.
(resistance)
719;
barring out;
defiance
etc.
715.
mutinousness
etc.
adj.;
mutineering†;
sedition,
treason;
high treason,
petty treason,
misprision of treason;
premunire [Lat.];
lese majeste [Fr.];
violation of law
etc.
964;
defection,
secession.
insurgent,
mutineer,
rebel,
revolter,
revolutionary,
rioter,
traitor,
quisling,
carbonaro†,
sansculottes [Fr.],
red republican,
bonnet rouge,
communist,
Fenian,
frondeur;
seceder,
secessionist,
runagate,
renegade,
brawler,
anarchist,
demagogue;
Spartacus,
Masaniello,
Wat Tyler,
Jack Cade;
ringleader.
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Dutch: ontrouw, afvalligheid, desertie, vaandelvlucht
Polish: dezercja, rejterada
2 defection
The state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes).
synonyms: apostasy, renunciation.
Roget 607:
change of mind,
change of intention,
change of purpose;
afterthought.
tergiversation,
recantation;
palinode,
palinody†;
renunciation;
abjuration†,
abjurement;
defection
etc.
(relinquishment)
624;
going over
etc.
v.;
apostasy;
retraction,
retractation†;
withdrawal;
disavowal
etc.
(negation)
536;
revocation,
revokement†;
reversal;
repentance
etc.
950;
redintegratio amoris [Lat.].
coquetry;
vacillation
etc.
605;
backsliding;
volte-face [Fr.].
turn coat,
turn tippet†;
rat,
apostate,
renegade;
convert,
pervert;
proselyte,
deserter;
backslider;
blackleg,
crawfish [U.S.],
scab [Slang],
mugwump [U.S.],
recidivist.
time server,
time pleaser†;
timist†,
Vicar of Bray,
trimmer,
ambidexter†;
weathercock
etc.
(changeable)
149;
Janus.
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Dutch: afvalligheid
Polish: apostazja, odstępstwo, odszczepieństwo
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