Apostasy

[ə'pɒstəsɪ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the act of abandoning a party for cause.

(noun.) 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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解釋/意思:

(n.) An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party; esp., the renunciation of a religious faith; as, Julian's apostasy from Christianity.

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同義詞及近義詞：

n. Defection, desertion, backsliding, dereliction, fall.

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解釋/意思:

n. abandonment of one's religion principles or party: a revolt from ecclesiastical obedience from a religious profession or from holy orders.—n. Apost′ate one guilty of apostasy: a renegade from his faith from unworthy motives.—adj. false: traitorous: fallen.—adjs. Apostat′ic -al.—v.i. Apost′atise.

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