| NOUN | act | defection, desertion, abandonment | withdrawing support / support / support or help despite allegiance or responsibility |
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| state | defection, apostasy, renunciation | the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) |
| Sounds | dihfeh'kshahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Withdrawing support / support / support or help despite allegiance or responsibility. | |
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| Synonyms | desertion, abandonment | |
| Narrower | abscondment, decampment | The act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest) |
| absence without leave, unauthorized absence | unauthorized military absence | |
| deviationism | Ideological defection from the party line (especially from orthodox communism) | |
| Broader | withdrawal | The act of withdrawing |
| Spanish | abandono, deserción, elusión | |
| Catalan | abandó, abandonament, deserció, elusió | |
| Verbs | defect | desert (a cause, a country or an army) , often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army |
| Meaning | 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 | apostasy, renunciation | |
| Broader | rejection | The state of being rejected |
| Spanish | apostasía, renuncia | |
| Catalan | apostasia, renúncia | |
| Verbs | defect | desert (a cause, a country or an army) , often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army |
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