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1. (n.) apostasy
renunciation or abandonment of one's religious faith or of an object of one's previous loyalty.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME (< AF) < LL apostasia < Gk: a standing away, withdrawing)
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1. (noun) apostasy, renunciation, defection
the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
2. (noun) apostasy, tergiversation
the act of abandoning a party for cause
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1. (noun) apostasy
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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