1) Abandonment 2) Desertion 3) Failure 4) Lack 5) Military terminology 6) Withdrawal
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1) Abscondment 2) Apostasy 3) Decampment 4) Desertion 5) Deviationism 6) Relinquishment
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In politics, a defector is a person who gives up allegiance to one state in exchange for allegiance to another, in a way which is considered illegitimate by the first state. More broadly, it involves abandoning a person, cause or doctrine to which one is bound by some tie, as of allegiance or duty. This term is also applied, often pejoratively, to...
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• (n.) 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.
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De·fec'tion noun [ Latin
defectio : confer French
défection . 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 a...
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desertion from allegiance, loyalty, duty, or the like; apostasy: His defection to East Germany was regarded as treasonable. · failure; lack; loss: He was overcome by a sudden defection of courage.
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withdrawing support or help despite allegiance
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