Definitions for: Defection

[n] withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"
[n] the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)

Webster (1913) Definition: De*fec"tion, n. [L. defectio: cf. F. d['e]fection.
See Defect.]
Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by
allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself;
desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy;
backsliding. ``Defection and falling away from God.'' --Sir
W. Raleigh.

The general defection of the whole realm. --Sir J.
Davies.

Synonyms: abandonment, apostasy, desertion, renunciation

See Also: abscondment, absence without leave, decampment, deviationism, rejection, unauthorized absence, withdrawal

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