1) Defection 2) Desertion of a cause 3) Desertion of dogma 4) Desertion of faith 5) Rejection 6) Renunciation 7) Renunciation of faith
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1) Heterodoxy 2) Lapse
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Apostasy (i; ἀποστασία (apostasia), `a defection or revolt`) is the formal disaffiliation from or abandonment or renunciation of a religion by a person. One who commits apostasy (or who apostatizes) is known as an apostate. The term apostasy is used by sociologists to mean renunciation and criticism of, or opposition to, a person`s fo......
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renunciation of former beliefs
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• (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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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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Abandoning one's religious belief.
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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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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
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Apostasy is a renunciation of opinions or practices and the adoption of contrary ones, usually applied to renunciation of religious opinions. It is always an expression of reproach. What one party calls apostasy is termed by the other conversion. Catholics, also, call those persons apostates who forsake a religious order or renounce their religious...
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Departing or falling away from a religious faith. In Christianity, it is the complete renunciation of the faith through either words or actions (Reid et al. 1990
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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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noun the act of abandoning a party or cause
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a total desertion of or departure from one's religion, principles, party, cause, etc.
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[Difficult words] rejecting your religious beliefs, political party or cause
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[Obscure words] rejecting your religious beliefs, political party or cause
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