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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. The general defection of the whole realm. --Sir J. Davies. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: defection n 1: withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless" [syn: {desertion}, {abandonment}] 2: the state of having rejected your religious beliefs [syn: {apostasy}, {renunciation}]
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