Apostasy
[ə'pɒstəsɪ]
Definition
(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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Definition
(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.
Typist: Tim
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Defection, desertion, backsliding, dereliction, fall.
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Definition
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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