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DEFECTION

Definition:

1. [noun] withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"
   Synonyms: desertion, abandonment
   
   
2. [noun] 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
   
   

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Related Words:

• abscondment, decampment
• absence without leave, unauthorized absence
• deviationism

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