Definition of Apostasy

1. Noun. The state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes).

Exact synonyms: Defection, Renunciation
Generic synonyms: Rejection
Derivative terms: Defect

2. Noun. The act of abandoning a party for cause.
Exact synonyms: Tergiversation
Generic synonyms: Abandonment, Desertion, Forsaking
Derivative terms: Tergiversate

Definition of Apostasy

1. 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.

Definition of Apostasy

1. an abandonment of one's faith or principles [n -SIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Apostasy

aposiopeses
aposiopesis
aposiopetic
apositia
apositias
apositic
apositic
aposome
aposporic
apospories
aposporous
apospory
apostacies
apostacy
apostasies
apostasy (current term)
apostate
apostate
apostates
apostatise
apostatised
apostatises
apostatising
apostatize
apostatized
apostatizes
apostatizing
apostaxis
apostemate
apostemation

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