Look up: apostasy

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   apostasy
   [n] - the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) 2. [n] - the act of abandoning a party or cause
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   Apostasy
   Abandoning one's religious belief.
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   apostasy
   Public rejection of one's faith or taking up of another faith. An example of this is Julian the Apostate, a Roman emperor who rejected his Christian upbringing and the growth of Christianity in the...
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   Apostasy
   A·pos'ta·sy noun ; plural Apostasies [ Middle English apostasie , French apostasie , Latin apostasia , from Greek ... a standing off from, a defection, from ... to stand off, revolt; ... from + ... to stand. See Off and Stand .] An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party ...
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   apostasy
   noun the act of abandoning a party or cause
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   apostasy
   renunciation noun the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
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   Apostasy
   `Apostasy` is a term generally employed to describe the formal abandonment or renunciation of one's religion, especially if the motive is deemed unworthy. In a technical sense, as used sometimes by sociologists without the pejorative connotations of the word, the term refers to renunciation `and` criticism of, or opposition to one's former religion. One who commits apostasy is an `apostate`, or one who `apostatises`. Apostasy is generally not a s...
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   Apostasy
   • (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.
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   apostasy
   the total rejection of Christianity by a baptized person who, having at one time professed the Christian faith, publicly rejects it. It is ... [3 related articles]
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    apostasy
    apostasy, in religion: see heresy.
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