'Defection' definitions:
Definition of 'defection'
(from WordNet)
noun
Withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless" [syn: desertion, abandonment, defection]
noun
The state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) [syn: apostasy, renunciation, defection]
Definition of 'Defection'
From: GCIDE
- Defection \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. [1913 Webster]
- The general defection of the whole realm. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'defection'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandonment,
- about-face,
- accommodation,
- adaptation,
- adjustment,
- alienation,
- alteration,
- amelioration,
- apostasy,
- backsliding,
- bad debt,
- betrayal,
- betterment,
- blemish,
- bolt,
- break,
- breakaway,
- bug,
- catch,
- change,
- change of heart,
- changeableness,
- constructive change,
- continuity,
- conversion,
- crack,
- crossing-over,
- default,
- defect,
- deficiency,
- degeneration,
- degenerative change,
- delinquence,
- delinquency,
- dereliction,
- deserter,
- desertion,
- deterioration,
- deviation,
- difference,
- disaffection,
- discontinuity,
- dishonor,
- dishonoring,
- disloyalty,
- disownment,
- divergence,
- diversification,
- diversion,
- diversity,
- divorce,
- drawback,
- estrangement,
- failing,
- failure,
- faithlessness,
- falseness,
- fault,
- faute,
- fitting,
- flaw,
- flip-flop,
- foible,
- forsaking,
- frailty,
- going over,
- gradual change,
- hole,
- imperfection,
- improvement,
- inadequacy,
- infirmity,
- kink,
- little problem,
- melioration,
- mitigation,
- modification,
- modulation,
- nondischarge of debts,
- nonpayment,
- nonremittal,
- overthrow,
- parting,
- problem,
- protest,
- protested bill,
- qualification,
- radical change,
- ratting,
- re-creation,
- realignment,
- recidivation,
- recidivism,
- recreancy,
- redesign,
- reform,
- reformation,
- rejection,
- remaking,
- renewal,
- renunciation,
- repudiation,
- reshaping,
- restructuring,
- reversal,
- revival,
- revivification,
- revolution,
- rift,
- runout,
- schism,
- secession,
- separation,
- shift,
- shortcoming,
- snag,
- something missing,
- sudden change,
- switch,
- taint,
- tergiversation,
- total change,
- transition,
- treason,
- turn,
- turnabout,
- turning traitor,
- uncollectible,
- upheaval,
- variation,
- variety,
- violent change,
- vulnerable place,
- walkout,
- weak link,
- weak point,
- weakness,
- worsening
Words containing 'Defection'
- Defect,
- Defectibility,
- Defectible,
- Defective,
- Defectively,
- Defectiveness,
- birth defect,
- congenital defect,
- defect of speech,
- defective number,
- defective pleading,
- genetic defect,
- mass defect,
- mental defectiveness,
- septal defect,
- speech defect,
- vision defect,
- visual defect,
- atrial septal defect,
- autosomal recessive defect,
- congenital heart defect,
- ventricular septal defect